International round-robin study on the Ames fluctuation test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-197

  Reifferscheid, G ^a   Maes, H M ^b   Allner, B ^c   Badurova, J ^d   Belkin, S ^e   Bluhm, K ^b   Brauer, F ^f   Bressling, J ^b   Domeneghetti, S ^g   Elad, T ^e   Fluckiger Isler S ^h   Grummt, H J ^f   Gurtler R ⁱ   Hecht, A ^e   Heringa, M B ^j   Hollert, H ^b   Huber, S ^k   Kramer, M ^l   Magdeburg, A ^m   Ratte, H T ^b   Sauerborn Klobucar, R ⁿ   Sokolowski, A ^o   Soldan, P ^d   Smital, T ⁿ   Stalter, D ^m   Venier, P ^g   Ziemann, Chr ^p   Zipperle, J ^q   Buchinger, S ^a   more..

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Gobio GmbH   (Germany)

^d Vvi pobocka Ostrava ^*  (Czech Republic)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h Xenometrix   (Switzerland)

ⁱ FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^j KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^k Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^l RHEINENERGIE AG   (Germany)

^m GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^o Harlan   (Switzerland)

^p FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^q State Institute for Environment   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Ames fluctuation test; Genotoxicity; ISO; Mutagenicity; Round robin study; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMES FLUCTUATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LAW; MUTAGENICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84857800314     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21677     Document Type: Article

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