Study of gaseous benzene effects upon A549 lung epithelial cells using a novel exposure system

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-45

  Mascelloni, Massimiliano ^a   Delgado Saborit, Juana Maria ^a   Hodges, Nikolas J ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

A549; Benzene exposure; Comet assay; In vitro; ROS; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; AIR POLLUTANT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

A549 CELL LINE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930613488     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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