Frequency of HPRT mutants in humans exposed to vinyl chloride via an environmental accident

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 87-96

  Becker, Roswitha ^a   Nikolova, Teodora ^b   Wolff, Ilona ^a   Lovell, David ^c   Hüttner, Edith ^a   Foth, Heidi ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^c TNO BIBRA International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental environmental exposure; HPRT gene; Human T lymphocytes; In vivo; Mutant frequency; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLONE CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0035948829     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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