Assessment of DNA damage in coal open-cast mining workers using the cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus test and the comet assay

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 686-691

  León Mejía, Grethel ^a,e   Espitia Pérez, Lyda ^a,e   Hoyos Giraldo, Luz Stella ^b   Da Silva, Juliana ^c   Hartmann, Andreas ^d   Henriques, João Antônio Pêgas ^e   Quintana, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SINÚ   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus frequency; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; COMET ASSAY; GENOTOXICITIES; MICRONUCLEUS FREQUENCIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; DAMAGE DETECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COAL DUST;

COAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME; COAL MINING; DEVELOPING WORLD; DNA; DUST; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COAL MINING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COAL MINING; COMET ASSAY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

GUAJIRA PENINSULA;

EID: 78651060611     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.049     Document Type: Article

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