Article
Micronuclei in blood lymphocytes and genetic polymorphism for GSTM1, GSTT1 and NAT2 in pesticide-exposed greenhouse workers.
Mutation research - 17 May 1999
Falck G C, Hirvonen A, Scarpato R, Saarikoski S T, Migliore L, Norppa H
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of micronuclei (MN) in cultured peripheral lymphocytes was used as a biomarker of genotoxic effects in 34 Italian pesticide-exposed greenhouse workers and 33 unexposed referents matched with the exposed workers for age and smoking habits. The possible influence of the genetic polymorphisms of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1), T1 (GSTT1), and N-acetyltransferase 2...
Topics
- Acetyltransferases
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Agriculture
- Bromodeoxyuridine
- DNA
- Female
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Italy
- Lymphocytes
