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DNA adducts in granulocytes of hospital workers exposed to ethylene oxide.
American journal of industrial medicine - 1 Apr 2007
Yong Lee C, Schulte Paul A, Kao Chi-Yu, Giese Roger W, Boeniger Mark F, Strauss Gary H S, Petersen Martin R, Wiencke John K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ethylene oxide (EtO), an important industrial chemical intermediate and sterilant, is classified as a human carcinogen. Occupational EtO exposure in many countries is regulated at 1 ppm (8-hr TWA), but levels of EtO-DNA adducts in humans with low occupational EtO exposures have not been reported. METHODS: We examined the formation of N7-(2'-hydroxyethyl)guanine (N7-HEG), a major DNA adduct of EtO, in...
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