Genotoxic exposures of potroom workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-32

  Carstensen, Ulrica ^a   Yang, Ke ^f   Levin, Jan Olof ^b   Östman, Conny ^c   Nilsson, Tohr ^d   Hemminki, Kari ^f   Hagmar, Lars ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Aluminum reduction plant; Biological monitoring; Peripheral lymphocytes; Personal airborne sampling; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CREATININE; DNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0033031456     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.379     Document Type: Article

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