Assessment of cytogenetic damage in lymphocytes and in exfoliated nasal cells of dental laboratory technicians exposed to chromium, cobalt, and nickel

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 521, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 47-56

  Burgaz, Sema ^a   Demircigil, Gonca Ç ^a   Yilmazer, Meltem ^a   Ertaş, Nusret ^a   Kemaloǧlu, Yusuf ^a   Burgaz, Yavuz ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cobalt and nickel excretion; Dental laboratory technicians; Exfoliated nasal cells; Micronuclei; Peripheral lymphocytes; Urinary chromium

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; DENTISTRY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0037180388     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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