Further characterization of the genotoxicity of formaldehyde in vitro by the sister chromatid exchange test and co-cultivation experiments

Mutagenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-357

  Neuss, Simone ^a   Speit, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA DAMAGE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 50849139580     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gen025     Document Type: Article

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