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Evaluation of genetic damage in Brazilian footwear-workers: biomarkers of exposure, effect, and susceptibility.
Toxicology - 11 Apr 2007
Heuser Vanina Dahlström, Erdtmann Bernardo, Kvitko Kátia, Rohr Paula, da Silva Juliana
Abstract excerpt
Employees in the footwear manufacturing industry are routinely exposed to complex mixtures of solvents used in cleaning and as diluents in glues, primers, and degreasers. The objective of this study was to determine the genotoxic effects in a group of footwear-workers occupationally exposed to solvent-based adhesive and solutions containing organic solvents, mainly toluene. Peripheral blood and buccal cells...
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