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Mechanisms of the genotoxicity of crocidolite asbestos in mammalian cells: implication from mutation patterns induced by reactive oxygen species.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Oct 2002
Xu An, Zhou Hongning, Yu Dennis Zengliang, Hei Tom K
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Asbestos is an important environmental carcinogen in the United States and remains the primary occupational concern in many developing countries; however, the underlying mechanisms of its genotoxicity are not known. We showed previously that asbestos is a potent gene and chromosomal mutagen in ma...
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