Nitrate contamination of drinking water: Relationship with HPRTvariant frequency in lymphocyte DNA and urinary excretion of N-nitrosamines

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 522-528

  Van Maanen, Jan M S ^a   Welle, Irene J ^a   Hageman, Geja ^a   Dallinga, Jan W ^a   Mertens, Paul L J M ^b   Kleinjans, Jos C S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Office for Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drinking water; HPRT; Nitrate; Nitrosamines

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

DNA; DRINKING WATER; N NITROSOPYRROLIDINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSAMINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0029993247     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104522     Document Type: Article

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