Mutagenic profile of rubber dust and fume exposure in two rubber tire companies

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 468, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-171

  Vermeulen, R ^a,b   Bos, R P ^b   De Hartog, J ^a   Van Drooge, H ^a   Kromhout, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromatic amines; Curing; Mixing; Mutagenicity; Rubber tire industry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; MUTAGENIC AGENT; RUBBER;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FUME; GENOTOXICITY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; FILTRATION; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; NITROREDUCTASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RUBBER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SMOKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034632244     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(00)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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