Recommendations for conducting the in vivo alkaline Comet assay

Mutagenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Hartmann, A ^a   Agurell, E ^b   Beevers, C ^c   Brendler Schwaab, S ^d   Burlinson, B ^e   Clay, P ^f   Collins, A ^g   Smith, A ^h   Speit, G ⁱ   Thybaud, V ^j   Tice, R R ^k  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c Iventures   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^f JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^j SANOFI   (France)

^k INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; BIOCIDE; DNA; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; GERMANY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; WORKSHOP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037237879     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/18.1.45     Document Type: Article

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