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Genetic toxicity of naphthalene: a review.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews - 1 Jan 2000
Schreiner Ceinwen A
Abstract excerpt
Results of five previously unpublished studies of the genotoxicity of naphthalene are presented and extensively discussed in relation to the large database that exists in the published literature. According to the published literature, naphthalene has not induced gene mutations in bacterial assays or in a metabolically competent human cell line. However, naphthalene has caused cytotoxicity in some cell lines, and...
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