Monitoring of occupational exposure to epichlorohydrin by genetic effects and hemoglobin adducts

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-226

  Landin, Helena Hindsø ^a   Grummt, Tamara ^b   Laurent, Christian ^c   Tates, Ad ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Federal Health Office   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epichlorohydrin; Hemoglobin adduct; High frequency cell; Micronucleus; Occupational; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031589695     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00171-1     Document Type: Article

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