DNA damage profiles induced by sunlight at different latitudes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-206

  Schuch, André Passaglia ^a   Yagura, Teiti ^a   Makita, Kazuo ^b   Yamamoto, Hiromasa ^c   Schuch, Nelson Jorge ^d   Agnez Lima, Lucymara Fassarella ^e   MacMahon, Ricardo Monreal ^f   Menck, Carlos Frederico Martins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TAKUSHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biological dosimetry; DNA photoproducts; DNA dosimeter; Solar ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DNA BASED BIOSENSOR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTOXICITY; LATITUDE; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOUTH AMERICA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84857799012     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21678     Document Type: Article

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