Genotoxic effects in workers exposed to low levels of benzene from gasoline

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-324

  Nilsson, Ralph I ^a,d   Nordlinder, Rolf G ^a   Tagesson, Christer ^c   Walles, Solveig ^b   Järvholm, Bengt G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

8 hydroxydeoxyguanosine; benzene; DNA single strand breaks; gasoline; leukocytes; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; BENZENE; GASOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA ADDUCT; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029775823     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199609)30:3<317::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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