Ambient and biological monitoring of exposure and genotoxic effects in mastic asphalt workers exposed to fumes of bitumen

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Spickenheuer, Anne ^a   Mensing, Thomas ^a   Welge, Peter ^a   Förster, Katrin ^b   Angerer, Jürgen ^b   Pesch, Beate ^a   Bramer, Rainer ^a   Käfferlein, Heiko U ^a   Breuer, Dietmar ^c   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^b   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c BG Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BGIA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient monitoring; Biological monitoring; Fumes of bitumen; Genotoxic effects

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALKALI; ASPHALT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA ADDUCT; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; WORKING TIME;

EID: 34248598349     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701296617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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