Open AccessDetection of mutagenic activity in the urines of anesthesiologists: a preliminary report.
Author(s) -
Elena C. McCoy,
Riva Hankel,
H S Rosenkranz,
JosephG. Giuffrida,
Dante V. Bizzari
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.7721221
Subject(s) - halothane , salmonella , microsome , chemistry , pharmacology , toxicology , medicine , biology , biochemistry , genetics , bacteria , organic chemistry , in vitro
While halothane was without mutagenic activity in the Salmonella mutagenicity assay, even in the presence of microsomal fractions, the urines of anesthesiologists induced mutations of the base-substitution type.
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