Cytogenetic monitoring of coal workers and patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Turkey

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-237

  Ulker, Ozge Cemiloglu ^a   Ustundag, Aylin ^a   Duydu, Yalcin ^a   Yucesoy, Berran ^a   Karakaya, Asuman ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Cytogenetic damage; Micronucleus; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; COAL MINING; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TURKEY;

EID: 41849110578     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20377     Document Type: Article

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