The ames test: The two-fold rule revisited

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Cariello, Neal F ^a   Piegorsch, Walter W ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ames; Background; Bacterial; False positive error; Mutation; Negative binomial distribution; Poisson distribution; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030003412     PISSN: 01651218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(96)90044-0     Document Type: Article

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