Biomonitoring study of a group of workers potentially exposed to traffic fumes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-130

  Parry, Elizabeth M ^a   Ballantine, James A ^a   Ellard, Sian ^b   Evans, W Emrys ^c   Jones, Colette ^a   Kilic, Naciye ^a   Lewis, Rupert I ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Micronuclei; Variability

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; LEAD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BENZENE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAD; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0030805431     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)30:2<119::AID-EM4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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