Monitoring of DNA damage in foundry and pottery workers exposed to silica by the alkaline comet assay

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 602-610

  Başaran, Nurşen ^a   Shubair, Mohammed ^a   Ündeǧer, Ülkü ^a   Kars, Ayşe ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis; Comet assay; DNA damage; Foundry; Pottery; Silica

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FOUNDRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMICS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 17144450841     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10222     Document Type: Article

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