Evaluation of DNA damage in an Ecuadorian population exposed to glyphosate

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Paz y Miño, César ^a   Sánchez, María Eugenia ^a   Arévalo, Melissa ^a   Muñoz, María José ^a   Witte, Tania ^a   De la Carrera, Gabriela Oleas ^a   Leone, Paola E ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Ecuador; Genotoxicity; Glyphosate

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; SURFACTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTOXICATION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547500726     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572007000300026     Document Type: Article

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