hprt Mutation frequency among workers exposed to 1,3-butadiene in China

Toxicology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 100-105

  Hayes, Richard B ^a   Xi, Liqiang ^b   Bechtold, William E ^c   Rothman, Nataniel ^a   Yao, Ming ^b   Henderson, Rogene ^c   Zhang, Luoping ^d   Smith, Martyn T ^d   Zhang, Dongpu ^e   Wiemels, Joseph ^d   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Yin, Songnian ^b   O'Neil, J Patrick ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co Ltd   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 butadiene; hprt mutation; occupation

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUTATION RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030605152     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03433-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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