The rat bone marrow micronucleus test-study design and statistical power

Mutagenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-424

  Hayes, Julie ^a   Doherty, Ann T ^a   Adkins, Deborah J ^a   Oldman, Karen ^a   O'Donovan, Michael R ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 71949112957     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gep024     Document Type: Article

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