Cytogenetic biomonitoring of road paving workers occupationally exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 713-717

  Sellappa, Sudha ^a   Mani, Bhuvaneswari ^a   Keyan, Kripa S ^a  

^a KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958797934     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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