Article
Sentinel and other mutational effects in offspring of cancer survivors.
Progress in clinical and biological research - 1 Jan 1990
Mulvihill J J
Abstract excerpt
To date, no agent has been documented to cause germ cell mutation in human beings, with the possible exception of radiation causing abnormal meiotic chromosomes in testes. For studies in humans, mutation epidemiologists prefer the cohort approach, starting with an exposed population and looking f...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Drug-Induced
- Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Germ Cells
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Retrospective Studies