Occupational exposure to formaldehyde and biological monitoring of Research Institute workers

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Pala, Mauro ^a   Ugolini, Donatella ^a,c   Ceppi, Marcello ^a   Rizzo, Fabio ^a   Maiorana, Lucia ^a   Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Schilirò, Tiziana ^b   Gilli, Giorgio ^b   Bigatti, Paola ^b   Bono, Roberto ^b   Vecchio, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Chromosome aberration; Formaldehyde; Human serum albumin conjugate; Laboratory personnel; Micronuclei; Occupational exposure; Sister chromatid exchanges; Smoking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 47749123272     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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