Benzene exposure, glutathione S-transferase theta homozygous deletion, and sister chromatid exchanges

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-163

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b   Wiencke, John K ^c   Niu, Tianhua ^a,d   Wang, Min ^d   Watanabe, Hirokatsu ^a,e   Kelsey, Karl T ^a,b   Christiani, David C ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Glutathione S transferase polymorphism; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BUTADIENE DIEPOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0031963880     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199802)33:2<157::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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