Monitoring human lymphocytic DNA-protein cross-links as biomarkers of biologically active doses of chromate

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1996, Pages 917-919

  Costa, Max ^a,b   Zhitkovich, Anatoly ^b   Toniolo, Paolo ^a   Taioli, Emanuela ^a   Popov, Todor ^c   Lukanova, Annekatrin ^b  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Chromate; Cross links; Human exposure

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BULGARIA; CARCINOGENESIS; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; WELDING;

EID: 0029803498     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s5917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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