Alterations in leukocyte telomere length in workers occupationally exposed to Benzene

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 673-678

  Bassig, Bryan A ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^b   Cawthon, Richard M ^c   Smith, Martyn T ^b   Yin, Songnian ^d   Li, Guilan ^d   Hu, Wei ^a   Shen, Min ^a   Rappaport, Stephen ^b   Barone Adesi, Francesco ^e   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^f   Lan, Qing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzene; Occupational exposure; Telomere length; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 84908012936     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21880     Document Type: Article

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