Investigations on cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of laser printer emissions in human epithelial A549 lung cells using an air/liquid exposure system

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-135

  Tang, Tao ^a   Gminski, Richard ^a   Könczöl, Mathias ^a   Modest, Christoph ^a   Armbruster, Benedikt ^a   Mersch Sundermann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air liquid exposure system; Laser printer emissions; Micronucleus test; Submicrometer particles

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; HEXANAL; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; OZONE; PARA XYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LASER PRINTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CYTOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINTING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856578134     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20695     Document Type: Article

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