The Comet assay in human biomonitoring

Issues in Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 227-266

  Valverde, Mahara ^a   Rojas, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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