Mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and teratogenicity of thallium compounds

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Leonard A ^a   Gerber, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Mutagenicity; Teratogenicity; Thallium

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

CARCINOGENICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0343907233     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(97)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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