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Biomarkers of air pollution exposure--a study of policemen in Prague.
Mutation research - 1 Nov 2007
Topinka J, Sevastyanova O, Binkova B, Chvatalova I, Milcova A, Lnenickova Z, Novakova Z, Solansky I, Sram R J
Abstract excerpt
The effect of exposure to organic compounds adsorbed onto respirable air particles (<2.5microm) on DNA adducts in lymphocytes was studied in a group of non-smoking policemen (N=109, aged 35+/-0.9 years) working in the downtown area of Prague and spending >8h daily outdoors. Personal exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs) adsorbed on respirable particles was monitored in each subject...
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