Micronuclei and pesticide exposure

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Creus, Amadeu ^b,c   Ostrosky Wegman, Patricia ^d   Marcos, Ricard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLORICULTURE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 78650654547     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq070     Document Type: Review

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