Genetic effects of petroleum fuels: II. Analysis of chromosome loss and hyperploidy in peripheral lymphocytes of gasoline station attendants

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-138

  Garere, A ^a   Antoccia, A ^b   Cimini, D ^c   Crebelli, R ^a   Degrossi, F ^c   Leopardi, P ^a   Marcon, F ^a   Sgura, A ^d   Tanzarella, C ^c,d   Zijno, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Benzene; Cytogenetic monitoring; FISH; Micronucleus; Petroleum fuels

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031694718     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1998)32:2<130::aid-em8>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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