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Cytogenetic effects from exposure to mixed pesticides and the influence from genetic susceptibility.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Jun 1999
Au W W, Sierra-Torres C H, Cajas-Salazar N, Shipp B K, Legator M S
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to pesticides remains a major environmental health problem. Health risk from such exposure needs to be more precisely understood. We conducted three different cytogenetic assays to elucidate the biological effects of exposure to mixed pesticides in 20 Costa Rica farmers (all nonsmokers) compared with 20 matched controls. The farmers were also exposed to dibromochloropropane during the early employment...
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