Sister chromatid exchange analysis in smelting plant workers exposed to arsenic

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Paiva, Leiliane ^a   Martínez, Valeria ^a   Creus, Amadeu ^a   Quinteros, Domingo ^b   Marcos, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Corporación del Cobre de Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Arsenic exposure; Biomonitoring; Human lymphocytes; Sister chromatid exchanges

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMELTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARSENIC; CHILE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 33646266233     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20192     Document Type: Article

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