Biomarkers of carcinogenesis in humans exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Kubiak, Roza ^a   Belowski, Jacek ^a   Szczeklik, Jerzy ^a   Smolik, Ewa ^b   Mielzynska, Danuta ^b   Baj, Monika ^a   Szczesna, Anna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

1 Hydroxypyrene; Biomonitoring; Micronucleus test; Occupational exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; COKE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; METALLURGY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032755268     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(99)00124-2     Document Type: Article

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