The genotoxic risk of hospital, pharmacy and medical personnel occupationally exposed to cytostatic drugs - Evaluation by the micronucleus assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 497, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 101-109

  Hessel, Harald ^a   Radon, Katja ^a   Pethran, Angelika ^a   Maisch, Bettina ^a   Gröbmair, Stefan ^a   Sautter, Inge ^a   Fruhmann, Günter ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cytostatic drugs; Effect monitoring; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; OXAZAPHOSPHORINE DERIVATIVE; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES;

EID: 0035909484     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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