Air pollution and mutations in the germline: Are humans at risk?

Human Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Somers, Christopher M ^a   Cooper, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; ONCOPROTEIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTEIN HRAS1; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM LINE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TOXICOGENETICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MICE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60549088497     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0613-6     Document Type: Review

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