Evaluation of DNA damage in flight personnel by Comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 516, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 148-152

  Cavallo, Delia ^a   Tomao, Paola ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Perniconi, Barbara ^a   Setini, Andrea ^a   Palmi, Silvana ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Comet assay; Cosmic radiation; Crew members; DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OZONE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRCRAFT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AVIATION; COMET ASSAY; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037177636     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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