Genotoxicity and potential carcinogenicity of 2,4,6-TNT trinitrotoluene: Structural and toxicological considerations

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-228

  Bolt, Hermann M ^a   Degen, Gisela H ^a   Dorn, Susanne B ^a   Plöttner, Sabine ^a   Harth, Volker ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exposure; Human carcinogen; Metabolism; Mutagenicity; TNT

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2 MONONITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 4 MONONITROTOLUENE; 6 MONONITROTOLUENE; NITROBENZENE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLADDER; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL WASTE; GENOTOXICITY; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; URINARY EXCRETION;

CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33845929994     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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