Susceptibility to DNA damage in workers occupationally exposed to pesticides, to tannery chemicals and to coal dust during mining

Susceptibility to DNA damage in workers occupationally exposed to pesticides, to tannery chemicals and to coal dust during mining

Our mutagenesis group has been studying with important economic drivers of our state, such as agriculture, the footwear and leather industry and open-cast coal mining. Working conditions in these sectors have potentially harmful to humans. The aim of these studies is to determine the health risk of...

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Main Authors: Katia Kvitko, Eliane Bandinelli, João A.P. Henriques, Vanina D. Heuser, Paula Rohr, Fernanda R. da Silva, Naye Balzan Schneider, Simone Fernandes, Camile Ancines, Juliana da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2012-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
occupational exposure
Comet assay
micronucleus test
pesticide
coal dust
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572012000600022

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