The comet assay as a tool for human biomonitoring studies: The ComNet Project

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-39

  Collins, Andrew ^a   Koppen, Gudrun ^b   Valdiglesias, Vanessa ^c   Dusinska, Maria ^d   Kruszewski, Marcin ^e   Møller, Peter ^f   Rojas, Emilio ^g   Dhawan, Alok ^h,i   Benzie, Iris ^j   Coskun, Erdem ^k   Moretti, Massimo ^l   Speit, Günter ^m   Bonassi, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

ⁱ AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^j HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^k GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; Human biomonitoring; Pooled analysis

Indexed keywords

INTRINSIC FACTOR; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; HOST FACTOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PYRETHROID; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; COMET ASSAY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVOLUTION; GENOTOXICITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG CANCER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SENSITIVE SYNDROME; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME X; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID OXIDATION; MANAGED CARE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; GENETICS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PROCEDURES;

AGING; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84894240042     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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