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Organ specificity of the bladder carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl in inducing DNA damage and mutation in mice.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Feb 2012
Yoon Jae-In, Kim Sang-In, Tommasi Stella, Besaratinia Ahmad
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Aromatic amines are a widespread class of environmental contaminants present in various occupational settings and tobacco smoke. Exposure to aromatic amines is a major risk factor for bladder cancer development. The etiologic involvement of aromatic amines in the genesis of bladder cancer is attributable to their ability to form DNA adducts, which upon eluding repair and causing mispairing during replication, may...
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