3-Nitrobenzanthrone, a potential human cancer hazard in diesel exhaust and urban air pollution: A review of the evidence

Mutagenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 399-410

  Arlt, Volker M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZANTHRONE; 3 NITROBENZANTHRONE; DNA; DRUG METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; GENETICS; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BENZ(A)ANTHRACENES; CARCINOGENS; DNA ADDUCTS; HUMANS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 29144535822     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gei057     Document Type: Review

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