Evaluation of frequencies of HPRT mutant lymphocytes in butadiene polymer workers in a Southeast Texas facility

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Wickliffe, Jeffrey K ^a   Ammenheuser, Marinel M ^a   Adler, P Jene ^a   Abdel Rahman, Sherif Z ^a   Ward Jr , Jonathan B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 butadiene; Mutation; Occupational longevity

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 1,3-BUTADIENE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; RUBBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL ASSAY; CELL MUTANT; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUCED MUTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGEVITY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTATION; SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BUTADIENES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RUBBER; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849094514     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20437     Document Type: Article

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