What do human micronuclei contain?

Mutagenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-233

  Norppa, Hannu ^a   Falck, Ghita C M ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLASTOGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAPHASE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0038393167     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/18.3.221     Document Type: Review

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