The cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of soluble and particulate cobalt in human lung fibroblast cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-265

  Smith, Leah J ^a   Holmes, Amie L ^a   Kandpal, Sanjeev Kumar ^b   Mason, Michael D ^b   Zheng, Tongzhang ^c   Wise, John Pierce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b The University of Maine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Cobalt chloride; Cobalt oxide; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; COBALT OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLONAL CELL LINE; COBALT EXPOSURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG TOXICITY; METAPHASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLUBILITY;

COBALT; COBALT CHLORIDE; COBALT OXIDE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; COBALT; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MUTAGENS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84902330876     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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