Molecular biomonitoring of a population of nurses handling antineoplastic drugs

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 638, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Cornetta, Tommaso ^a,b   Padua, Luca ^b,c   Testa, Antonella ^d   Ievoli, Elena ^d   Festa, Fabiola ^a   Tranfo, Giovanna ^e   Baccelliere, Luigi ^f   Cozzi, Renata ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e ISPESL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA repair; Hospital personnel; Micronuclei; Safety precautions

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PENICILLIN G; RETINOIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NURSES; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 38049093335     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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