Origins of current uncertainties in carcinogen/mutagen screening
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
- Vol. 14 (S16) , 51-59
- https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2850140612
Abstract
The origins of current uncertainties regarding how best to screen for agents likely to pose a mutagenic/carcinogenic hazard to humans are discussed, and a solution is proposed.Keywords
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