Differential micronuclei induction in human lymphocyte cultures by imidacloprid in the presence of potassium nitrate

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 80-89

  Stivaktakis, Polychronis ^a   Vlastos, Dimitris ^a   Giannakopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Matthopoulos, Demetrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Imidacloprid; Micronuclei (MN); Pesticides; Potassium nitrate (KNO3); Square wave cathodic stripping voltammetry (SW CSV)

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MICRONUCLEUS; POTENTIOMETRY;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NITRATES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; COCKSFOOT STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 77749279940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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