Health assessment of gasoline and fuel oxygenate vapors: Micronucleus and sister chromatid exchange evaluations

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages S29-S34

  Schreiner, Ceinwen A ^a   Hoffman, Gary M ^b   Gudi, Ramadevi ^c   Clark, Charles R ^d,e  

^a C and C Consulting in Toxicology   (United States)

^b Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Phillips 66 Co   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); Diisopropyl ether (DIPE); Ethanol (EtOH); Ethyl tert butyl ether (ETBE); Methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); Micronucleated immature erythrocytes (MIE); Micronucleus; Sister chromatid exchange (SCE); T Amyl methyl ether (TAME); T Butyl alcohol (TBA)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BROXURIDINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIISOPROPYL ETHER; DNA; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; FUEL; GASOLINE; GASOLINE VAPOR CONDENSATE; TERT AMYL METHYL ETHER; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PERTURBATION; ERYTHROCYTE CULTURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTOXICITY; GIEMSA STAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE TEST; VAPOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASOLINE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 84908399599     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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