DNA single- and double-strand breaks by alkaline- and immuno-comet assay in lymphocytes of workers exposed to styrene

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Fracasso, Maria Enrica ^a   Doria, Denise ^a   Carrieri, Mariella ^b   Bartolucci, Giovanni Battista ^b   Quintavalle, Sonia ^c   De Rosa, Edoardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Comet assay; DNA repair capacity; Fpg, Endo III enzymes; Immuno comet assay; Styrene

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLASS FIBER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STYRENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNO COMET ASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUTRAL COMET ASSAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STYRENE;

EID: 58349113843     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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