Comparative evaluation of acetylcholinesterase status and genome damage in blood cells of industrial workers exposed to carbofuran

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2488-2498

  Želježić, Davor ^a   Vrdoljak, Ana Lucić ^a   Radić, Božica ^a   Fuchs, Nino ^b   Berend, Suzana ^a   Oreščanin, Višnja ^c   Kopjar, Nevenka ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

AChE activity; Carbofuran; Centromere; Micronucleus assay; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOFURAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTROMERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOLECULAR PROBE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBOFURAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 35348974983     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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