Modified comet assay as a biomarker of sodium dichromate-induced oxidative DNA damage: Optimization and reproducibility

Biomarkers

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Lee, Amanda J ^a,b   Hodges, Nikolas J ^a   Chipman, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA strand breaks; Oxidative DNA damage; Sodium dichromate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DICHROMATE SODIUM; DNA BASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; OXIDATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4544386132     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500410001704891     Document Type: Article

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