The Comet assay: A versatile tool for assessing DNA damage

Issues in Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-53

  Dhawan, Alok ^a   Bajpayee, Mahima ^a   Parmar, Devendra ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

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