Current cytogenetic methods for detecting exposure and effects of mutagens and carcinogens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 445-448

  Natarajan, Adayapalam T ^a,b   Boei, Jan J W A ^a   Darroudi, Firouz ^a,b   Van Diemen, Paul C M ^a   Dulout, Fernando ^c   Hande, M Prakash ^a   Ramalho, Adriana T ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JA Cohen Institute Interuniversity Research Institute for Radiopathology and Radiation Protection   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosome aberrations; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANAPHASE; ANEUPLOIDY; BRAZIL; CANCER; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; SMOKING; STAINING;

EID: 0029977143     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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