Genetic risk assessment in traffic policemen of Chennai city by Sister Chromatid Exchange Analysis

International Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-255

  Anbazhagan, Munisamy ^a   Arumugam, Ponnan ^a,b   Ramesh, Arabandi ^a   Santhiya, Sathiyavedu Thyagarajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b PRIST UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumer; Automobile Exhaust; Blood Lymphocytes; Genetic Damage Smoker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79953268985     PISSN: 09723757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2010.11886114     Document Type: Article

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