Genetic predisposition and health effect of occupational exposure to asbestos

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 100-103

  Hosrká, Alexandra ^a   Kažimírová, Alena ^a   Barančoková, Magdaléna ^a   Wsólová, Ladislava ^a   Tulinská, Jana ^a   Dušinská, Mária ^a,b  

^a Research Base of the Slovak Medical University   (Slovakia)

^b Institute of Air Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Biotransformation; Chromosomal aberrations; Individual susceptibility; Occupational exposure; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ASBESTOSIS; BRONCHITIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34047224129     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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