No increase in micronuclei frequency in cultured blood lymphocytes from a group of filling station attendants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-167

  Pitarque, M ^a   Carbonell, E ^a   Lapena N ^b   Marsa M ^b   Torres, M ^b   Creus, A ^a   Xamena, N ^a   Marcos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Human lymphocyte; Micronucleus; Petroleum derivative; Service station worker; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; METABOLITE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

EID: 0029996332     PISSN: 01651218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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