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Document ID (ISN)73133
CIS number 99-828
ISSN - Serial title 1423-3169 - Informations médicales - Medizinische Mitteilungen
Year 1999
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Glück U.
Title The "Comet Assay": A new tool in occupational medicine for the detection of genotoxic hazards
Original title Der Comet Assay - eine molekulargenetische Nachweismethode in der Arbeitsmedizin für gentoxische Belastungen [in German]
Le "Comet Assay": un nouveau test en médecine du travail pour le dépistage des risques génotoxiques [in French]
Bibliographic information Spring 1999, No.71, p.56-63. Illus. 17 ref.
Abstract Topics: analysis of chromosome aberrations; chromosome changes; cytogenetic studies; description of technique; DNA; electrophoresis; exposure tests; genetic effects; microscopic determination; occupational medicine; smoking; testing; toxic substances.
Descriptors (primary) DNA; toxic substances; occupational medicine; exposure tests; cytogenetic studies; genetic effects
Descriptors (secondary) smoking; chromosome changes; microscopic determination; electrophoresis; analysis of chromosome aberrations; description of technique; testing
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceSwitzerland
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Antifertility and prenatal effects
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Biological monitoring