DNA damage induced by nitrous oxide: Study in medical personnel of operating rooms

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 666, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Wrońska Nofer, Teresa ^a   Palus, Jadwiga ^a   Krajewski, Wojciech ^b   Jajte, Jolanta ^c   Kucharska, Małgorzata ^a   Stetkiewicz, Jan ^a   Wasowicz, Wojciech ^a   Rydzyński, Konrad ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Halogenated anaesthetics; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NITROUS OXIDE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 65749115595     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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