Inhalation of formaldehyde does not induce genotoxic effects in broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) cells of rats

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 695, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Neuss, Simone ^a   Zeller, Jasmin ^a   Ma Hock, Lan ^b   Speit, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA protein cross links; Lung macrophages; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FISCHER 344 RAT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIL; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MICRONUCLEUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; COMET ASSAY; DISINFECTANTS; DNA DAMAGE; FORMALDEHYDE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 77950362699     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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