A multi-biomarker analysis of DNA damage in automobile painters

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-188

  Testa, Antonella ^a   Festa, F ^b   Ranaldi, R ^a   Giachelia, M ^a   Tirindelli, D ^a   De Marco, A ^c   Owczarek, M ^c   Guidotti, M ^d   Cozzi, R ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

^d Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambiente (ARPA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Car painters; Chromosome aberrations; GSTM1; GSTT1 polymorphism; Micronuclei; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLASTOGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; PAINT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; SMOKING;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; TOLUENE;

EID: 27844471595     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20147     Document Type: Article

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