Genomic damages in peripheral blood lymphocytes and association with polymorphisms of three glutathione S-transferases in workers exposed to formaldehyde

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 695, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Jiang, Shoufang ^a,b   Yu, Liqun ^a,b   Cheng, Juan ^a   Leng, Shuguang ^a   Dai, Yufei ^a   Zhang, Yanshu ^a,b   Niu, Yong ^a   Yan, Huifang ^a   Qu, Weidong ^c   Zhang, Chunzhi ^d   Zhang, Kai ^d   Yang, Rujing ^e   Zhou, Lihai ^e   Zheng, Yuxin ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA COAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jining City   (China)

Author keywords

DNA and chromosome damage; Formaldehyde; Genetic polymorphism; Glutathione S transferase

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE T1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; GSTP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS TEST; DNA DAMAGE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950353393     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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