Hexavalent chromium is cytotoxic and genotoxic to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) lung and testes fibroblasts

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-38

  Wise, John Pierce ^a,b,c,d   Wise, Sandra S ^a   Kraus, Scott ^b   Shaffiey, Fariba ^a   Grau, Marijke ^a   Chen, Tania Li ^a   Perkins, Christopher ^e   Thompson, W Douglas ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^f   Zhang, Yawei ^f   Romano, Tracy ^d   O'Hara, Todd ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c Ocean Alliance   (United States)

^d Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromate; Chromium; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Marine mammal; North Atlantic right whale; Northern right whale

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; FIBROBLAST; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN BIOPSY; SURVIVAL; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMIUM; LUNG; MALE; MUTAGENS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; WHALES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38049178855     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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