Cytotoxic and cell transforming activities of the fungicide methyl thiophanate on BALB/c 3T3 cells in vitro

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 394, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Perocco, P ^a   Del Ciello, C ^a   Mazzullo, M ^a   Rocchi, P ^a   Ferreri, A M ^a   Paolini, M ^a   Pozzetti, L ^a   Cantelli Forti, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Univ T   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB c 3T3 cell; Benzimidazole pesticide; Carcinogenesis; Cell transformation; Environmental risk

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031458998     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(97)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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