SCE analysis in peripheral blood lymphocytes of a group of filling station attendants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 390, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Pitarque, M ^a   Carbonell, E ^a   Lapena N ^b   Marsa M ^b   Valbuena, A ^b   Creus, A ^a   Marcos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; High frequency cell; Human lymphocyte; Petroleum derivative; Service station worker; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING;

EID: 0030905616     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(97)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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