Considerations for the implausibility of leukemia induction by formaldehyde

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 230-232

  Thompson, Chad M ^a   Grafström, Roland C ^b,c  

^a ToxStrategies Inc   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 3; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTHMA; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LETTER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 79952081583     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq340     Document Type: Letter

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