Does occupational exposure to mineral fibres cause DNA or chromosome damage?

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 553, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-110

  Dušinská, Mária ^a   Barančoková, Magdaléna ^a   Kažimírová, Alena ^a   Harrington, Vikki ^b   Volkovová, Katarína ^a   Staruchová, Marta ^a   Horská, Alexandra ^a   Wsólová, Ladislava ^a   Collins, Andrew ^b,c  

^a Research Base of the Slovak Medical University   (Slovakia)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; DNA repair; Occupational exposure; Oxidative DNA damage; Rockwool

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MINERAL FIBER;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 3342984893     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.06.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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