Sperm head abnormalities and dominant lethal effects of formaldehyde in albino rats

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Odeigah, P G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde exposure; Mammalian mutagenicity assay; Rat

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT LETHAL MUTANT; FEMALE; MALE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0030950285     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(96)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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