Measurement of DNA repair deficiency in workers exposed to benzene

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 529-534

  Hallberg, Lance M ^a   El Zein, Randa ^a   Grossman, Lawrence ^b   Au, William W ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; DNA repair; Host cell reactivation assay; Occupational exposure; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029934587     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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