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A multi-biomarker analysis of DNA damage in automobile painters.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Oct 2005
Testa A, Festa F, Ranaldi R, Giachelia M, Tirindelli D, De Marco A, Owczarek M, Guidotti M, Cozzi R
Abstract excerpt
The genotoxic effects associated with automobile painting were analyzed using a panel of biomarkers. Chromosomal aberrations (CAs), sister chromatid exchange (SCE), and micronuclei were evaluated in 25 car painters (12 smokers, 13 nonsmokers) working in different automobile paint-shops in Italy and in 37 control subjects. The controls were healthy blood donors (14 smokers, 23 non-smokers) that were matched with...
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