Detection and toxicity assessment of nitrosamines migration from latex gloves in the Chinese market

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Feng, Di ^a,b   Wang, Huiping ^b   Cheng, Xuelian ^c   Wang, Jiedong ^b   Ning, Lifeng ^b   Zhou, Qingfeng ^d   Zhou, Yue ^d   Yang, Quanli ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Latex gloves; Migration; Mutagenicity; Nitrosamines

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NITROSAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; CHINA; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; LATEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NITROSAMINES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

MUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 67650581754     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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