Assessment of DNA damage induced in vitro by etoposide and two fungicides (carbendazim and chlorothalonil) in human lymphocytes with the comet assay

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-217

  Lebailly, P ^a,b   Vigreux, C ^a,b   Godard, T ^a,b   Sichel, F ^a,b   Bar, E ^a,b   LeTalaer J Y ^a,b   Henry Amar, M ^a,b   Gauduchon, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Comet assay; DNA damage; Etoposide; Fungicide; Human lymphocyte; Pesticide; SCGE assay

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; CHLOROTHALONIL; ETOPOSIDE; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETOPOSIDE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NITRILES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031009605     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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