N-nitrosamines are associated with shorter telomere length

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-324

  Li, Huiqi ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a   Lindh, Christian H ^a   Albin, Maria ^a   Broberg, Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbon; Carbon disulphide; Polycyclic; Rubber; Toluidine

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 2 MERCAPTOTHIOPROLINE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROSAMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 METHYLANILINE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BLOOD; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; CHROMOSOME; CROSS SECTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SWEDEN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TELOMERE SHORTENING; URINALYSIS; WORKER; AGED; AIR; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TELOMERE LENGTH; URINE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROSAMINES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RUBBER; SWEDEN; TELOMERE; TOLUIDINES; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79960036410     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3150     Document Type: Article

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