Micronucleus test using cultured new born rat astrocytes

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Miyakoshi, Yuichi ^a   Suzuki, Yuji ^a   Ooida, Motoi ^a   Takahashi, Akira ^a   Tsukui, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Micronuclei; Mitomycin C; Rat astrocyte; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MITOMYCIN C; POISON; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH CURVE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033034833     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.95     Document Type: Article

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