Measuring the effects of pesticides on occupationally exposed humans with the comet assay

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-359

  Piperakis, S M ^a,b   Kontogianni, K ^a,b   Siffel, C ^c   Piperakis, M M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; Human lymphocytes; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DNA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PESTICIDES;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PESTICIDE;

ASSAY; DNA; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33746725962     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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