The role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon–DNA adducts in inducing mutations in mouse skin

Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis - Tập 649 Số 1-2 - Trang 161-178 - 2008
Dhrubajyoti Chakravarti1, Divya Venugopal2, Paula C. Mailander2, Jane L. Meza3, Sheila Higginbotham2, Ercole L. Cavalieri4, Eleanor G. Rogan5
1Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, NE 68198-6805, USA.
2University of Nebraska Medical Center
3984350 Nebraska Medical Center
4Eppley Institute for Cancer Research
5Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health Sciences

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