Methyl methanesulfonate

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 III, Issue , 1999, Pages 1059-1078

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MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FETUS RESORPTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NONHUMAN; NOSE TUMOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL;

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