Micronuclei assessment in buccal cells of people environmentally exposed to arsenic in northern Chile

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-327

  Martinez V ^a   Creus, A ^a   Venegas, W ^b   Arroyo, A ^c   Beck, J P ^d   Gebel, T W ^e   Surralles J ^a   Marcos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomonitoring; Buccal cells; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus test

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARSENICALS; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOUTH MUCOSA; NAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 10444254612     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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