Assessment of human biomonitoring and DNA microarray analysis in the vicinity population on an industrial complex

Molecular and Cellular Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Chung, Eun Kyung ^b   Moon, Jeong Suk ^c   Nam, Suk Woo ^d   Lee, Mi Young ^e   Son, Bu Soon ^e  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Environmental Industry and Echonology Institute   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^e Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; DNA microarray; Heavy metals; Industrial complex; VOCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863024040     PISSN: 1738642X     EISSN: 20928467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13273-011-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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