The comet assay - a new technique for detection of DNA damage in genetic toxicology studies and human biomonitoring

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-365

  Garaj Vrhovac, Vera ^a   Kopjar, Nevenka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA strand breaks; Human biomonitoring; Tail length

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031736268     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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