Application of the single-cell gel-electrophoresis ('comet') assay to the detection of primary DNA damage in workers of the rubber industry: Comparison of manual and computerized analysis

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Moretti, Massimo ^a   Villarini, Milena ^a   Scassellati Sforzolini, Giuseppina ^a   Monarca, Silvano ^b   Salucci, Adalberto ^a   Rodriguez, Alberto Vicent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Comet' assay; Genotoxicity; Human biomonitoring; Primary DNA damage; Rubber industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033494527     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249909358821     Document Type: Article

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