Investigation on the genotoxic effects of long-term administration of sodium arsenite in bone marrow and testicular cells in vivo using the comet assay

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Biswas, Rupanwita ^a   Poddar, Sonia ^a   Mukherjee, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline comet assay; Arsenic; Bone marrow cells; DNA damage; Mice; Neutral comet assay; Testicular cells

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; DNA; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34250813708     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v26.i1.40     Document Type: Article

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