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Molecular biomonitoring of a population of nurses handling antineoplastic drugs.
Mutation research - 1 Feb 2008
Cornetta Tommaso, Padua Luca, Testa Antonella, Ievoli Elena, Festa Fabiola, Tranfo Giovanna, Baccelliere Luigi, Cozzi Renata
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Many antineoplastic drugs have been found to have carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic activity and so hospital personnel handling these substances are potentially exposed to health risk. Understanding this risk derived from protracted occupational exposure has great relevance even if the workers normally adopt individual and environmental protective measures. To address this question we have studied the...
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