Molecular cytogenetic analysis of buccal cells and lymphocytes from benzene-exposed workers

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 817-823

  Surralles J ^a,b   Autio, K ^a   Nylund, L ^a   Jarventaus H ^a   Norppa, H ^a   Veidebaum, T ^c   Sorsa, M ^a   Peltonen, K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE; CELL MARKER; CLASTOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NUMERICAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

BENZENE; CHEEK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031408415     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.4.817     Document Type: Article

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