Report from the vitro micronucleus assay working group

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^a   Sofuni, Toshio ^b   Aardema, Marilyn ^c   Albertini, Silvio ^d   Eastmond, David ^e   Fenech, Michael ^f   Ishidate Jr , Motoi ^g   Lorge, Elisabeth ^l   Norppa, Hannu ^h   Surrallés, Jordi ⁱ   Von Der Hude, Wilhelm ^j   Wakata, Akihiro ^k  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^h FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^k Safety Res Labs Yamanouchi P   (Japan)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Cytochalasin B; Cytotoxicity; Human lymphocytes; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE FIXATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOCHALASIN B; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034076346     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(2000)35:3<167::AID-EM3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Conference Paper

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