Exposure of thermoelectric power-plant workers to volatile organic compounds from fuel oil: Genotoxic and cytotoxic effects in buccal epithelial cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 747, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-201

  Garcia, P V ^a,b   Linhares, D ^b   Amaral, A F S ^c   Rodrigues, A S ^b,d  

^a CITA A   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme   (Spain)

^d CVARG   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bio monitoring; Buccal exfoliated cells; DNA damage; Micronuclei; Occupational exposure; VOCs

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; MOUTHWASH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEEK; DNA DAMAGE; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MOUTH MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863780689     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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