Genotoxicity and oxidative stress in gasoline station attendants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 754, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Moro, Angela M ^a   Charão, Mariele F ^a   Brucker, Natália ^a   Durgante, Juliano ^a   Baierle, Marília ^a   Bubols, Guilherme ^a   Goethel, Gabriela ^a   Fracasso, Rafael ^a   Nascimento, Sabrina ^a   Bulcão, Rachel ^a   Gauer, Bruna ^a   Barth, Anelise ^a   Bochi, Guilherme ^b   Moresco, Rafael ^b   Gioda, Adriana ^c   Salvador, Mirian ^d   Farsky, Sandra ^e   Garcia, Solange C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 Nitrotyrosine; Genotoxicity; Low benzene exposure; Protein carbonyl; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZENE; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; CREATININE; GASOLINE; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE; MUCONIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZENE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84878483649     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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