Increased mitochondrial DNA copy number in occupations associated with low-dose benzene exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-215

  Carugno, Michele ^a   Pesatori, Angela Cecilia ^a,b   Dioni, Laura ^a   Hoxha, Mirjam ^a   Bollati, Valentina ^a   Albetti, Benedetta ^a   Byun, Hyang Min ^c   Bonzini, Matteo ^d   Fustinoni, Silvia ^b   Cocco, Pierluigi ^e   Satta, Giannina ^e   Zucca, Mariagrazia ^e   Merlo, Domenico Franco ^f   Cipolla, Massimo ^f   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^a,b   Baccarelli, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomarkers; Low exposures; Methylation; Mitochondrial DNA copy number

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CDKN2B PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN P15;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOXICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P15; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995270582     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103979     Document Type: Article

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