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N-acetyltransferase 2 phenotype in painters with bladder cancer and controls.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - 1 Sept 2001
Golka K, Weistenhofer W, Jedrusik P, Geller F, Blaszkewicz M, Bolt H M
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AIM: This study was designed to evaluate the impact of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2, substrate: aromatic amines) in painters with bladder cancer and controls. BACKGROUND: Until the beginning of the 1960s, painters in Germany have used, among others, azo dyes based on carcinogenic aromatic amines. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen painters with bladder cancer and 26 healthy painters (controls) who were from the same...
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