DNA damage and repair detected by the comet assay in lymphocytes of African petrol attendants: A pilot study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Keretetse, G S ^a   Laubscher, P J ^a   Du Plessis, J L ^a   Pretorius, P J ^a   Van Der Westhuizen, F H ^a   Van Deventer, E ^a   Van Dyk, E ^a   Eloff, F C ^a   Van Aarde, M N ^a   Du Plessis, L H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; Petrol attendant; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BENZENE; COLLOIDS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FULLERENES; GELATION; GENES; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REPAIR; SORPTION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; PETROL ATTENDANT;

GASOLINE;

BENZENE; DNA; GASOLINE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PETROL ATTENDANT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBE; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 53849149322     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men047     Document Type: Article

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