Effect of environmental exposure to PAHs on somatic chromosomes

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Agova, Savina ^a   Groseva, Detelina ^a   Panev, Todor ^a   Popov, Todor ^a   Toncheva, Draga ^a   Hadjidekova, Valeria ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^c NCRRP   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; PAH exposure; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISKS; TOXICITY;

CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXIC EFFECT;

CHROMOSOMES;

DNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLICE; POLLUTANT; SOMATIC CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 21744446407     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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