In utero and acute exposure to benzene: Investigation of DNA double-strand breaks and DNA recombination in mice

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 676, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-82

  Lau, Annette ^a   Belanger, Christine Lea ^a   Winn, Louise M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzene; Childhood leukemia; DNA double strand breaks; Genotoxicity tests; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS LIVER; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BENZENE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PREGNANCY;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67349214051     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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