Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and micronucleus (MN) frequencies in lymphocytes of gasoline station attendants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 415, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Bukvic, Nenad ^a   Bavaro, Pietro ^a   Elia, Giuseppe ^b   Cassano, Filippo ^b   Fanelli, Margherita ^a   Guanti, Ginevra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Gasoline station attendant; Human biomonitoring; Micronucleus; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGEN TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING HABIT;

BENZENE; CELLS, CULTURED; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0031847352     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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