Comet assay in human biomonitoring studi
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Andrew Collins; Mária Dušinská; Michael Franklin; Martina Somorovská; Helena Pet
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis), which measures DNA strand breaks at the level of single cells, is very easily applied to human lymphocytes, and therefore lends itself to human biomonitoring studies. For the examination of DNA base oxidation (a specific marker of oxidative damage),