Airborne levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: 32P-postlabeling DNA adducts and micronuclei in white blood cells from traffic police workers and urban residents

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 157-162

  Merlo, Franco ^a   Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Peluso, Marco ^a   Valerio, Federico ^a   Abbondandolo, Angela ^a   Puntoni, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers for PAH; DNA adducts; Micronuclei; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; DNA; FLUORANTHENE; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR; AIR SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; DNA ADDUCTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; POLICE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0030769911     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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