In vitro assessment of asbestos fibers genotoxicity

Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 558-567

  Trošic, Ivančica ^a   Brumen, Vlatka ^a   Horvat, Durda ^a  

^a Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HAMSTER; LUNG; PLOIDY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; LUNG; MINERAL FIBERS; MUTAGENS; PLOIDIES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0031113260     PISSN: 09348859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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