Airborne dust collected from Kuwait in 1991-1992 augments peroxidation of cellular membrane lipids and enhances DNA damage

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Athar, Mohammad ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad ^a   Beg, Mirza U ^b   Al Ajmi, Dhari ^b   Al Muzaini, Saleh ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; DUST; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PEROXIDATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; KUWAIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0031886308     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00137-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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