Evaluation of genotoxicity of pan masala employing chromosomal aberration and micronucleus assay in bone marrow cells of the mice

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 467-471

  Mojidra, Bn ^a   Archana, K ^a   Gautam, Ak ^a   Verma, Y ^a   Lakkad, Bc ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

chromosome aberration; genotoxicity; gutkha; micronucleus; pan masala

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOD; FOOD POISONING; GENOTOXICITY; GUTKHA; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAN MASALA; TOBACCO;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70349521986     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233709345939     Document Type: Article

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