Uncertainty of ames test

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 726-730

  Liu, Bo ^a   Jin, Jianling ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Gao, Peiji ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ames test; Carcinogen; False negative; False positive; Mutagen

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248998974     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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