Folia Biologica
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Fol. Biol. 2012, 58, 215-220

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2012058050215

Testing Chemical Agents with the Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Cytome Assay

A. Maes1, R. Anthonissen1, Luc Verschaeve1,2

1Scientific Institute of Public Health, O.D. Public Health and Surveillance, Laboratory of Toxicology, Brussels, Belgium
2Department of Biomedical Research, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Received January 2012
Accepted April 2012

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