Investigating DNA damage in tannery workers occupationally exposed to trivalent chromium using comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Zhang, Meibian ^a,b   Chen, Zhijian ^a   Chen, Qing ^b   Zou, Hua ^b   Lou, Jianlin ^a   He, Jiliang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Occupational exposure; Trivalent chromium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN TAIL LENGTH; MEAN TAIL MOMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SULFATES; TANNING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 46649107501     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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