Different genotoxic profiles between depleted and enriched uranium

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Darolles, C ^a   Broggio, D ^a   Feugier, A ^a   Frelon, S ^a   Dublineau, I ^a   De Meo, M ^b   Petitot, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Aneugen; Clastogen; Depleted uranium; Enriched uranium; FISH; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

URANIUM 235;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENOTOXICITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTAGENS; URANIUM;

EID: 75549086325     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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