Exposure to bitumen fumes and genotoxic effects on Turkish asphalt workers

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Karaman, Ali ^a   Pirim, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Erzurum Numune Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bitumen fumes exposure; Genotoxic effects; Micronuclei; Sister chromatid exchange; Urinary 1 OH pyrene

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ASPHALT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; 1-HYDROXYPYRENE; HYDROCARBON; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGEN TESTING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PYRENES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649204027     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650902817393     Document Type: Article

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