Telomere shortening in women resident close to waste landfill sites

Gene

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-106

  De Felice, Bruna ^a   Nappi, Carmine ^b   Zizolfi, Brunella ^b   Guida, Marco ^b   Sardo, Attilio Di Spiezio ^a   Bifulco, Giuseppe ^a   Guida, Maurizio ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pollution; Pregnant women; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; LANDFILL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TELOMERE SHORTENING; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84860351791     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.03.040     Document Type: Article

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