Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and DNA damage by industry: A nationwide study in Germany

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 947-957

  Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Rossbach, Bernd ^b   Preuss, Ralf ^c   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^d   Rabstein, Sylvia ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Seidel, Albrecht ^e   Rihs, Hans Peter ^a   Adams, Ansgar ^f   Scherenberg, Michael ^d   Erkes, Anja ^a   Engelhardt, Beate ^a   Straif, Kurt ^g   Käfferlein, Heiko Udo ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^e Prof Dr Gernot Grimmer Foundation   (Germany)

^f BAD Health Prevention and Technical Safety GmbH   (Germany)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; DNA damage; Occupational exposure; PAH industries; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CARBON; DNA; GRAPHITE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COKING INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRODE; GENOTOXICITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; URINALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COKE; DNA DAMAGE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349620571     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-009-0444-9     Document Type: Article

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