Comparative study of two evaluation methods for the genotoxic effects of environmental heavy metals on normal cells

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Virag, P ^a   Brie, I ^a   Postescu, Id ^a   Perde Schrepler, M ^a   Fischer Fodor, E ^a   Soritau, O ^a   Irimie, A ^a   Cernea, V ^a  

^a Cancer Institute Ion Chiricuta Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

Author keywords

chromosomal aberrations; comet assay; DNA lesions; metal carcinogenesis; micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAVY METAL;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROMANIA; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68849086610     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233709103411     Document Type: Article

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