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New aspects on mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis: emphasis on species and gender/sex differences and developmental/aging determinants

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  1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

    Carsten Weiss

  2. Institute of Toxicology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

    Franz Oesch, Cornelia Dietrich & Barbara Oesch

  3. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich-Vetsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland

    Hanspeter Naegeli

  4. Department of Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Michael Schwarz

  5. Department of Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Gijsbertus van der Horst

  6. Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany

    Ulrich Zanger

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Oesch, F., Dietrich, C., Naegeli, H. et al. New aspects on mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis: emphasis on species and gender/sex differences and developmental/aging determinants. Arch Toxicol 82, 875–880 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0368-9

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