Genotoxicity of styrene oligomers extracted from polystyrene intended for use in contact with food

Toxicology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 1175-1180

  Nakai, Makoto ^a   Tsubokura, Mifumi ^a   Suzuki, Masaru ^a   Fujishima, Saori ^a   Watanabe, Yoichi ^a   Hasegawa, Yu ^a   Oyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Ogura, Shozo ^a  

^a CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food packaging; In vitro genotoxicity test; Styrene oligomers

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84922716177     PISSN: 22147500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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