This volume provides a brief but important summary of the essential tests that need to be performed on all new compounds, whether they be new drugs, pesticides or food additives, before they can be registered for use in the United Kingdom. These basic tests for mutagenicity were originally drawn up by the United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) in 1983. They have now been fully revised by expert working groups from academia and industry under the auspices of UKEMS and in colla
Edited by:
David J. Kirkland Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 154mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 250g ISBN:9780521019057 ISBN 10: 0521019052 Pages: 160 Publication Date:08 September 2005 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Steering group; Contributors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction D. J. Kirkland; 2. Bacterial mutation assays D. G. Gatehouse; 3. Metaphase chromosome aberration assays in vitro D. Scott; 4. Gene mutation assays in cultured mammalian cells J. Cole; 5. In vivo cytogenetics assays M. Richold; Index.