Urine mutagenicity of farmers occupationally exposed during a 1-day use of chlorothalonil and insecticides

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  André, Véronique ^a   Lebailly, Pierre ^a   Pottier, Didier ^a   Deslandes, Edwige ^a   De Méo, Michel ^b   Henry Amar, Michel ^a   Gauduchon, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Farmers; Open field spraying; Pesticides; Urine mutagenicity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROTHALONIL; CREATININE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMES TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SALMONELLA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; AGRICULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGEN TESTING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SMOKING; URINE;

SALMONELLA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SMOKING;

EID: 0037945118     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0382-9     Document Type: Article

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