Preconceptional paternal exposure to depleted uranium: Transmission of genetic damage to offspring

Health Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Miller, Alexandra C ^a   Stewart, Michael ^a   Rivas, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; depleted; genetic effects; health effects; uranium

Indexed keywords

LAC REPRESSOR; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; TOXICITY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LAC REPRESSORS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; URANIUM;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77955635449     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181cfe0dd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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