A molecular epidemiology study in women from Upper Silesia, Poland

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 195-202

  Motykiewicz, Grazyna ^a   Michalska, Jadwiga ^a   Pendzich, Joanna ^a   Malusecka, Ewa ^a   Strózyk, Malgorzata ^a   Kalinowska, Ewa ^a   Butkiewicz, Dorota ^a   Mielzyńska, Danuta ^b   Midro, Alina ^c   M Santella, Regina ^d   Chora̧zy, Mieczyslaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; DNA chromosome damage; Study design

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BLEOMYCIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUTAGENICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031706980     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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