Working condition-related improvement in genotoxicological parameters of Hungarian road pavers

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 319-331

  Major, Jeno ^a   Jakab, Mátyás G ^a   Tompa, Anna ^a  

^a Jozsef Fodor National Center for Public Health   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CARBON DISULFIDE; DETERGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; VISCOSITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYDROCARBONS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035831365     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152873901300018039     Document Type: Article

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