Evaluation of genotoxicity in a group of workers from a petroleum refinery aromatics plant

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 604, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Roma Torres, Joana ^a   Teixeira, João P ^a   Silva, Susana ^a   Laffon, Blanca ^b   Cunha, Luís M ^c   Méndez, Josefina ^b   Mayan, Olga ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomonitoring; Chromosome aberrations; Comet assay; Micronucleus formation; Toluene; Xylene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MUCONIC ACID; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EXCRETION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33646170728     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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