Biomonitoring of exposure to urban air pollutants: analysis of sister chromatid exchanges and DNA lesions in peripheral lymphocytes of traffic policemen

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 518, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-224

  Carere, A ^a   Andreoli, C ^a   Galati, R ^c   Leopardi, P ^a   Marcon, F ^a   Rosati, M V ^b   Rossi, S ^a   Tomei, F ^b   Verdina, A ^c   Zijno, A ^a   Crebelli, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Comet assay; SCE; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CELL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PH; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HEALTH; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33846379154     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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