Oxidative Stress in the Carcinogenicity of Chemical Carcinogens

Cancers

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1332-1354

  Kakehashi, Anna ^a   Wei, Min ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^b   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Chemical carcinogen; Low dose; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898890628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers5041332     Document Type: Review

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