Mouse bone marrow micronucleus test results do not predict the germ cell mutagenicity of N-hydroxymethylacrylamide in the mouse dominant lethal assay

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Witt, Kristine L ^a   Hughes, Lori A ^b   Burka, Leo T ^c   McFee, Alfred F ^d   Mathews, James M ^e   Black, Sherry L ^e   Bishop, Jack B ^c  

^a INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Heritable chromosome damage; Micronuclei; N methylolacrylamide

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; N HYDROXYMETHYLACRYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; UTERUS;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, LETHAL; GERM CELLS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037223683     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.10139     Document Type: Article

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