Use of the fluorescent micronucleus assay to detect the genotoxic effects of radiation and arsenic exposure in exfoliated human epithelial cells

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-184

  Moore, Lee E ^a   Warner, Marcella L ^a   Smith, Allan H ^a   Kalman, David ^b   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Arsenic; Biomarkers; Chromosome damage; Exfoliated cells; Human genotoxicity; Micronuclei; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; RADIATION;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARSENICALS; CENTROMERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEVADA; PROPIDIUM; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER; URINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0029925388     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)27:3<176::AID-EM2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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