Deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Iranian veterans 25 years after wartime exposure to sulfur mustard

Deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Iranian veterans 25 years after wartime exposure to sulfur mustard

Background : More than 100,000 Iranian veterans and civilians still suffer from various long-term complications due to their exposure to sulfur mustard (SM) during the Iran-Iraq war in 1983-88. The aim of the study was to investigate DNA damage of SM in veterans who were exposed to SM, 23-27 years p...

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Main Authors: Effat Behravan, Seyed Adel Moallem, Shahriar Khateri, Elham Maraghi, Paul Jowsey, Peter G Blain, Mahdi Balali-Mood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Comet assay
deoxyribonucleic acid damage
genotoxicity
human lymphocytes
sulphur mustard
Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2013;volume=18;issue=3;spage=239;epage=244;aulast=Behravan

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