Investigation on the mechanisms of genotoxicity of butadiene, styrene and their combination in human lymphocytes using the Comet assay

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 664, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Cemeli, Eduardo ^a   Mirkova, Ekaterina ^b   Chiuchiarelli, Giorgia ^a   Alexandrova, Elena ^b   Anderson, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Butadiene; Comet assay; Cross link; Lymphocytes; ROS; Styrene

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BUTADIENE DIEPOXIDE; BUTADIENE MONOEPOXIDE; CATALASE; DNA; EPOXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STYRENE; STYRENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BUTADIENES; COHORT STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RUBBER; STYRENE;

EID: 65049090855     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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