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Multiple biomarkers study in painters in a shipyard in Korea.
Mutation research - 9 Sept 2003
Lee Kyoung-Ho, Ichiba Masayoshi, Zhang Jiusong, Tomokuni Katsumaro, Hong Yun-Chul, Ha Mina, Kwon Ho Jang, Koh Sang-Back, Choi Hong-Ryul, Lee Kwan-Hee, Park Chung-Gyu, Cho Soo-Hun, Hirvonen Ari, Strickland Paul T, Vermeulen Roel, Hayes Richard B, Kang Daehee
Abstract excerpt
Shipbuilding workers are exposed to a variety of genotoxic compounds including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). A limited number of studies have been conducted to evaluate biomarkers related to PAH exposure in painters in the shipyard industry. We examined this in 208 workers recruited from a shipyard located in South Korea. Employees were grouped into three exposure groups: (1) 111 painters using coal...
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