Micronucleus assay with urine derived cells (UDC): A review of its application in human studies investigating genotoxin exposure and bladder cancer risk

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 762, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-51

  Nersesyan, Armen ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Fenech, Michael ^b   Bolognesi, Claudia ^c   Misik, Miroslav ^a   Wultsch, Georg ^a   Hartmann, Michaele ^d   Knasmueller, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cancer risks; Exposure; Micronucleus; Urine derived cells; Urothelial cells

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; URINE DERIVED CELL; WATER CONTAMINATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX;

CELLS; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84919650155     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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