Evaluation of DNA damage in exfoliated tear duct epithelial cells from individuals exposed to air pollution assessed by single cell gel electrophoresis assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 468, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Rojas, E ^a   Valverde, M ^a   Lopez, M C ^a   Naufal, I ^b   Sanchez, I ^b   Bizarro, P ^b   Lopez, I ^b   Fortoul, T I ^b   Ostrosky Wegman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Exfoliated tear duct cells; Human monitoring; Ozone; SCGE assay

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DAMAGE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMAL DUCT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS;

EID: 0034702336     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(00)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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