Increased levels of sister chromatid exchanges in military aircraft pilots

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Silva, Maria J ^a   Carothers, Andrew ^b   Castelo Branco, Nuno ^c   Dias, Anabela ^a   Boavida, Maria G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Human Performance   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aircraft pilot; Noise; Occupational exposure; Sister chromatid exchange; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032932049     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(99)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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