Dimethoate induces genotoxicity as a result of oxidative stress: in vivo and in vitro studies

Marcelo Souza Silva1, Daniel Vitor de Souza1, Maria Esther Suarez Alpire1, Andréa Cristina de Moraes Malinverni1, Regina Cláudia Barbosa da Silva1, Milena de Barros Viana1, Celina Tizuko Fujiyama Oshima1, Daniel Araki Ribeiro1
1Institute of Heath and Society, Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil

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