Cytogenetic studies in coke oven workers

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 185-189

  Forni, Alessandra ^a   Guanti, Ginevra ^b   Bukvic, Nenad ^b   Ferri, Giovanni ^b   Foà, Vito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromosome aberrations; coke oven workers; lymphocytes; micronuclei; sister chromatid exchanges

Indexed keywords

COKE;

ADULT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0030297064     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03736-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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