The genotoxicity of mainstream and sidestream marijuana and tobacco smoke condensates

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1406-1414

  Maertens, Rebecca M ^a   White, Paul A ^a   Rickert, William ^b   Levasseur, Genevieve ^a   Douglas, George R ^a   Bellier, Pascale V ^a   McNamee, James P ^a   Thuppal, Vidya ^a   Walker, Mike ^a   Desjardins, Suzanne ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Labstat International Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SMOKING HABIT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; SMOKE;

CANNABIS SATIVA; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SALMONELLA;

EID: 68949093970     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9000286     Document Type: Article

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