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Urothelial cell DNA adducts in rubber workers.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2002
Vermeulen Roel, Talaska Glenn, Schumann Brenda, Bos Rob P, Rothman Nathaniel, Kromhout Hans
Abstract excerpt
Workers employed in the rubber industry appear to have a significant excess cancer risk in a variety of sites, including cancer of the urinary bladder. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the occurrence of DNA adducts in exfoliated bladder cells of currently exposed, nonsmoking rubber workers (n = 52) and their relationship with occupational exposure estimates and acetylation phenotype (NAT2). Four DNA...
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