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. 1977 Dec:21:221-3.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.7721221.

Detection of mutagenic activity in the urines of anesthesiologists: a preliminary report

E C McCoy, R Hankel, H S Rosenkranz, J G Giuffrida, D V Bizzari

Detection of mutagenic activity in the urines of anesthesiologists: a preliminary report

E C McCoy et al. Environ Health Perspect. 1977 Dec.

Abstract

While halothane was without mutagenic activity in the Salmonella mutagenicity assay, even in the presence of microsomal fractions, the urines of anesthesiologists induced mutations of the base-substitution type.

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