Abnormal blood levels of trace elements and metals, DNA damage, and breast cancer in the state of Kuwait

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 96-109

  Saleh, Farid ^a   Behbehani, Abdallah ^a   Asfar, Sami ^a   Khan, Islam ^a   Ibrahim, Ghada ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Kuwait; Micronuclei; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 79959614647     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8724-z     Document Type: Article

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