Genotoxicity biomarkers in occupational exposure to formaldehyde-The case of histopathology laboratories

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 721, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Ladeira, Carina ^a,b   Viegas, Susana ^a,b   Carolino, Elisabete ^a   Prista, João ^c   Gomes, Manuel C ^d   Brito, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Formaldehyde; Genotoxicity biomarkers; Occupational exposure; Pathology anatomy workers; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEOPLASMIN; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYTOKINESIS; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUTH MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79951675481     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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