A study assessing the genotoxicity in rats after chronic oral exposure to a low dose of depleted uranium

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-528

  Hao, Yuhui ^a   Li, Rong ^a   Leng, Yanbing ^a   Ren, Jiong ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Ai, Guoping ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Su, Yongping ^a   Cheng, Tianmin ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Depleted uranium; Genotoxicity; Ingestion; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; URANIUM;

COMET ASSAYS; DEPLETED URANIUM; EXPOSED TO; GENOTOXICITIES; INGESTION; LOW DOSE; MICRONUCLEUS; ORAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM CONTENTS; WISTAR RAT;

RATS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 71749099162     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09052     Document Type: Article

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