DNA damage and susceptibility assessment in industrial workers exposed to styrene

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 13-15, 2012, Pages 735-746

  Costa, Carla ^a,b   Costa, Solange ^a,b   Silva, Susana ^a   Coelho, Patrcia ^a,b   Botelho, Mónica ^a   Gaspar, Jorge ^c   Rueff, José ^c   Laffon, Blanca ^d   Teixeira, João Paulo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DNA; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE 1; GLASS FIBER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; MANDELIC ACID; PHENYLGLYOXYLIC ACID; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; BIOLOGICAL EXPOSURE INDEX; BREATHING; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METABOLITE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYOXYLATES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MANDELIC ACIDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STYRENE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864038381     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.688488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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