Evaluation of occupational genotoxic risk in a Brazilian hospital

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 485-488

  Maluf, Sharbel Weidner ^a,b   Erdtmann, Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETHYLENE OXIDE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHARMACIST;

EID: 0033899371     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000200040     Document Type: Article

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