Frequencies of micronuclei (MNi), nucleoplasmic bridges (NPBs), and nuclear buds (NBUDs) in farmers exposed to pesticides in Çanakkale, Turkey

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-96

  Coskun, Mahmut ^a   Coskun, Munevver ^a   Cayir, Akin ^a   Ozdemir, Ozturk ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic; Farmers; Micronucleus; Nuclear bud; Nucleoplasmic bridge; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CYTOGENETIC; FARMERS; MICRONUCLEUS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR BUD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE;

PESTICIDE;

BLOOD; CYTOGENETICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PARAMETERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS BLOCK PROLIFERATION INDEX; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NUCLEAR BUD; NUCLEOPLASMIC BRIDGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 78449258391     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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