Increased translocations and aneusomy in chromosomes 8 and 21 among workers exposed to benzene

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2176-2181

  Smith, Martyn T ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a   Wang, Yunxia ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^b   Li, Guilan ^c   Wiemels, Joseph ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Titenko Holland, Nina ^a   Xi, Liqiang ^c   Kolachana, Prema ^a   Yin, Songnian ^c   Rothman, Nathaniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METAPHASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 15144357231     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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