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Evaluation of genotoxic effects in a group of workers exposed to low levels of styrene.
Toxicology - 28 Feb 2002
Laffon Blanca, Pásaro Eduardo, Méndez Josefina
Abstract excerpt
Occupational exposure to styrene was studied in a group of workers engaged in the production of fiberglass-reinforced plastics. Sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE), micronuclei (MN), and DNA damage (evaluated by means of comet assay) were measured in peripheral blood cells from the exposed workers and from a control population. Mandelic acid concentration, an indicator of styrene exposure level, was measured in...
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