Urinary levels of thymine dimer as a biomarker of exposure to ultraviolet radiation in humans during outdoor activities in the summer

Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-256

  Liljendahl, Tove Sandberg ^a   Blomqvist, Anna ^b   Andersson, Eva M ^c   Barregard, Lars ^c   Segerbäck, Dan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; POLYSULFONE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; THYMINE DIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFEGUARD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASHORE; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876567614     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/ges077     Document Type: Article

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