Case-only study of interactions between DNA repair genes (hMLH1, APEX1, MGMT, XRCC1 and XPD) and low-frequency electromagnetic fields in childhood acute leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2344-2350

  Yang, You ^a   Jin, Xingming ^a   Yan, Chonghuai ^a   Tian, Ying ^a   Tang, Jingyan ^a   Shen, Xiaoming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA damage; Electromagnetic fields; Gene environment interactions; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

APURINIC APYRIMIDINIC ENDONUCLEASE 2; ENDONUCLEASE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN MLH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN; XRCC1 PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE OVEN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; REFRIGERATOR; TELEVISION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

EID: 57449120044     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190802441347     Document Type: Article

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