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Previous studies on mutagenic activity of outdoor and indoor airborne particles predominantly have been conducted with in vitro tests like the Salmonella microsome assay. Extracts of outdoor airborne particles as well as of indoor airborne particles from different pollution sources such as wood combustion, food processing and smoking, were shown to be mutagenic (Van Houdt et al, 1984; 1986).
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Heussen, G.A.H., Alink, G.M. (1990). The Use of the DNA Repair Host Mediated Assay for the Detection of Genotoxic Activity of Benzo(A)Pyrene, 2-Nitrofluorene and Airborne Particles in Vivo. In: Seemayer, N.H., Hadnagy, W. (eds) Environmental Hygiene II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46712-7_5
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