Implications of arsenic genotoxicity for dose response of carcinogenic effects

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-105

  Rudel, Ruthann ^a   Slayton, Tracey M ^b   Beck, Barbara D ^b  

^a SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE SODIUM; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CLASTOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

CANCER; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MODEL; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SKIN CANCER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029900468     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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