Chromosome damage and cancer risk in the workplace: The example of cytogenetic surveillance in Croatia

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 4-11

  Fučić, Aleksandra ^a   Znaor, Ariana ^b   Strnad, Marija ^b   van der Hel, Olga ^c   Aleksandrov, Anastasija ^d   Miskov, Snježana ^e   Grah, Josip ^e   Sedlar, Miljenko ^a   Jazbec, Ana Marija ^f   Ceppi, Marcello ^j   Vermeulen, Roel ^g,h   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Norppa, Hannu ⁱ   Bonassi, Stefano ^j  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^e SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cancer; Chromosome aberration; Micronucleus; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROATIA; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547160342     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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