Incidence of cytogenetic damage in lead-zinc mine workers exposed to radon

Mutagenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Bilban, Marjan ^a   Jakopin, Cvetka Bilban ^b  

^a Institute of Occupational Safety   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; RADON; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAD; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; SLOVENIA; ZINC;

EID: 19544379303     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gei024     Document Type: Article

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