Reduction in telomere length in individuals exposed in utero to glycol ether

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-163

  El Zein, Randa ^a   Albrecht, Thomas ^b   Knutson, Eugene ^b   Legator, Marvin S ^c   Abdel Rahman, Sherif Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Chemical exposure; Children

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KARYOTYPE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 43149125860     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.62.3.161-163     Document Type: Article

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