Elevated frequency of sister chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes of victims of the Tokyo sarin disaster and in experiments exposing lymphocytes to by-products of sarin synthesis

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 95-103

  Li, Qing ^a   Minami, Masayasu ^a   Clement, John G ^b   Boulet, Camille A ^c  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b BioChem Therapeutic Inc   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diethyl methylphosphonate (DEMP); Diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP); Ethyl isopropyl methylphosphonate (EIMP); Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL); Sarin (isopropylmethylphosphonofluoridate); Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs)

Indexed keywords

DIETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; ETHYL ISOPROPYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID DIISOPROPYL ESTER; NERVE GAS; SARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SARIN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TOKYO;

EID: 0032168596     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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