Assessment of DNA damage in WBCs of workers occupationally exposed to fumes and aerosols of bitumen

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-651

  Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Preuss, Ralf ^b   Kappler, Martin ^a   Schott, Klaus ^c   Pesch, Beate ^a   Zoubek, Gerd ^c   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^d   Mensing, Thomas ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^b   Käfferlein, Heiko U ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Tiefbau Berufsgenossenschaft   (Germany)

^d Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut fur Arbeitsschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALKALI; ASPHALT; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENANTHRENES; PYRIDINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646254405     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0562     Document Type: Article

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