DNA damage and repair in human leukocytes exposed to styrene-7,8-oxide measured by the comet assay

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-68

  Laffon, Blanca ^a   Pásaro, Eduardo ^a   Méndez, Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA repair; Human leukocytes; Styrene 7,8 oxide

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STYRENE OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL REGENERATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037021811     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(01)00432-5     Document Type: Article

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