Validation of the SOS/umu test using test results of 486 chemicals and comparison with the Ames test and carcinogenicity data

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 369, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 129-145

  Reifferscheid, Georg ^a   Heil, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ames test; Carcinogenicity; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; umu test

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRIAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMSACRINE; ATROPINE; CARCINOGEN; CATECHOL; CHEMICAL AGENT; DANTRON; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXYUREA; INDIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHAPYRILENE; MICONAZOLE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PESTICIDE;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; GENOTOXICITY; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030581301     PISSN: 01651218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(96)90021-X     Document Type: Article

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