Cytogenetic biomonitoring of Spanish greenhouse workers exposed to pesticides: Micronuclei analysis in peripheral blood lymphocytes and buccal epithelial cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 464, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-262

  Lucero, L ^a   Pastor, S ^a   Suarez S ^a   Durban R ^b   Gomez C ^b   Parron T ^b   Creus, A ^a   Marcos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Delegacion Provincial de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Buccal cells; GST; Human lymphocytes; Micronucleus test; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEEK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOTIC INDEX; MOUTH MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 0033977165     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(99)00200-4     Document Type: Article

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