A modified CULTEX® system for the direct exposure of bacteria to inhalable substances

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 451-454

  Aufderheide, Michaela ^a   Mohr, Ulrich ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ames assay; Cigarette smoke; Complex mixtures; Direct exposure

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMES TEST; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGEN TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 4143124676     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00348     Document Type: Article

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