Transient increase in DNA strand breaks in car refinishing spray painters

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 438-443

  Fuchs, Jürgen ^a   Hengstler, Jan Georg ^a   Hummrich, Frank ^a   Oesch, Franz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline elution; Biomonitoring; DNA damage; Human mononuclear blood cells; Safety provisions

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030468713     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.165     Document Type: Article

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