Mitigation of genotoxic effects of fluoride and arsenic by ascorbic acid in human lymphocyte cultures

Fluoride

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Nair, S B ^a   Jhala, D D ^a   Chinoya, N J ^a,b  

^a Gujarat University ^*

^b GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic and genotoxicity; Ascorbic acid; Cell cycle proliferation index (CCPI); Fluoride and genotoxicity; Genotoxicity in vitro; Sister chromatid exchange (SCE)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTOXICITY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; METAPHASE; NORMAL HUMAN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 12144253752     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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