Absence of synergistic effects on micronucleus formation after exposure to electromagnetic fields and asbestos fibers in vitro

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Simko M ^a   Dopp, E ^a   Kriehuber, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic cells; Asbestos fibers; Electromagnetic fields (ELF EMF); Growth curve; Micronuclei (MN); Mitotic rate; Tumour promoter

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COCARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOTIC INDEX;

EID: 0033618362     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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