Chromosomal aberrations in railroad transit workers: Effect of genetic polymorphisms

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-316

  Catalán, Julia ^a,b   Heilimo, Iiris ^a   Falck, Ghita C M ^a   Järventaus, Hilkka ^a   Rosenström, Päivi ^a,e   Nykyri, Erkki ^a   Kallas Tarpila, Tarja ^a,d   Pitkämäki, Leena ^c   Hirvonen, Ari ^a   Norppa, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c VR Ltd   (Finland)

^d Helsinki Deaconess Medical Centre   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chromosome damage; Complex mixture; Genotoxic effect; Genotype; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; EPHX1 GENE; ERCC2 GENE; ERCC5 GENE; EXON; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GSTM1 GENE; GSTP1 GENE; GSTT1 GENE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MTHFR GENE; MTR GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NAT1 GENE; NAT2 GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; WILD TYPE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; XPA GENE; XPC GENE; XRCC1 GENE; XRCC3 GENE; AGED; DNA DAMAGE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; RAILWAY; SMOKE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE T1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RAILROADS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SMOKE; SMOKING; XENOBIOTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549160934     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20458     Document Type: Article

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