Cytogenetic biomonitoring in petrol station attendants: Micronucleus test in exfoliated buccal cells

Mutagenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 417-421

  Çelik, Ayla ^a   Çavaş, Tolga ^a   Ergene Gözükara, Serap ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUCOSA CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PHENOL; SMOKING;

EID: 0041779527     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geg022     Document Type: Article

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