Mercuric dichloride induces DNA damage in human salivary gland tissue cells and lymphocytes

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 759-767

  Schmid, Katharina ^a   Sassen, Andrea ^a   Staudenmaier, Rainer ^b   Kroemer, Susanne ^a   Reichl, Franz Xaver ^c   Harréus, Ulrich ^c   Hagen, Rudolf ^d   Kleinsasser, Norbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Human study; Mercuric dichloride; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; DENTAL AMALGAM; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 34547422808     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0208-3     Document Type: Article

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