DNA damage and antioxidant status in medical residents occupationally exposed to waste anesthetic gases

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 280-286

  Paes, Ellen Regina da Costa ^a   Braz, Mariana Gobbo ^b   da Lima, Joilson Teixeira ^a   da Silva, Milana Reis Gomes ^a   de Sousa, Leilane Bentes ^a   Lima, Emerson Silva ^c   de Vasconcellos, Marne Carvalho ^c   Braz, José Reinaldo Cerqueira ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Department of Anesthesiology Botucatu Medical School UNESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Occupational exposure; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898847019     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502014000400010     Document Type: Article

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