Cytogenetic and molecular biomonitoring of agricultural workers exposed to pesticides in Brazil

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-170

  Grégio D'Arce, Luciana Paula ^b   De Syllos Cólus, Ilce Mara ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Chromosomal aberrations; Glutathione S transferases (GSTM1); Mitotic index; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; BENOMYL; ENDOSULFAN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MANEB; METHAMIDOPHOS; METHOMYL; METRIBUZIN; MONOCROTOPHOS; PARATHION; PESTICIDE; THIOPHANATE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING;

EID: 0343527227     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(2000)20:3<161::AID-TCM7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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