Daño del ADN en trabajadoras bananeras expuestas a plaguicidas en Limón, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 507-518

  Ramírez, Vanessa ^a   Cuenca, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Banana plantations; Biomonitoring; Costa Rica; DNA; Electrophoresis; Female farmers; Human populations; Lymphocytes; Pesticides; Single cell

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENILCONAZOLE; FUNGICIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANANA; COMET ASSAY; COSTA RICA; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHLORPYRIFOS; COMET ASSAY; COSTA RICA; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; THIABENDAZOLE;

EID: 0036598558     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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