Clastogenicity of formaldehyde fumes and X-rays evaluated by the Tradescantia-micronucleus assay

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Xu, Zhidong ^a   Ma, Te Hsiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clastogenicity; Formaldehyde; Micronucleus; Tradescantia; X rays

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLASTOGENICITY; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS FLOW CHAMBER; GERM CELL; INFECTION CONTROL; IONIZING RADIATION; MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY; X RAY;

TRADESCANTIA;

EID: 0031971392     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(97)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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