Micronuclei in neonates and children: Effects of environmental, genetic, demographic and disease variables

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-56

  Holland, Nina ^a   Fucic, Alexandra ^b   Merlo, Domenico Franco ^c   Sram, Radim ^d   Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DNA ADDUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650675680     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq064     Document Type: Review

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