Increased lymphocyte sister chromatid exchange frequency in workers with exposure to low level of ethylene dichloride

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 470, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-114

  Cheng, Tsun Jen ^a   Chou, Pei Yi ^a   Huang, Mei Lan ^a   Du, Chung Li ^b   Wong, Ruey Hong ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene dichloride; Sister chromatid exchange; Smoking; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034739678     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(00)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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