Biological monitoring of genotoxic hazard in workers of the rubber industry

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 543-545

  Moretti, Massimo ^a   Villarini, Milena ^a   Scassellati Sforzolini, Giuseppina ^a   Monarca, Silvano ^b   Libraro, Michele ^c   Fatigoni, Cristina ^a   Donato, Francesco ^b   Leonardis, Cesidio ^d   Perego, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit No 12   (Italy)

^d Ital Inst Occup Safety Health Environmental Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Comet assay; Cytochrome P450 enzymes; Cytogenetic assay; Genotoxicity; Rubber industry; Urine D glucaric acid; Urine mutagenicity; Urine thioethers

Indexed keywords

6BETA HYDROXYHYDROCORTISONE; MICROSOME ENZYME; SACCHARIC ACID; SULFIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ITALY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGEN TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0029973360     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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