The role of the UKEMS in the development of testing guidelines

Mutagenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 451-455

  Kirkland, David J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CHLORIDE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CODON; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LYMPHOMA; MAMMAL CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENICS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CONGRESSES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 0036858918     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/17.6.451     Document Type: Article

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