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Estimation of cytogenetic risk among coke oven workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2013
Sureshkumar Shanmugam, Balachandar Vellingiri, Devi Subramaniam Mohana, Arun Meyyazhagan, Karthickkumar Alagamuthu, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian, Sankar Kathannan, Mustaqahamed Shafi Ahammed Khan, Dharwadkar Shanwaz N, Sasikala Keshavarao, Cho Ssang-Goo
Abstract excerpt
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) result from the incomplete combustion of natural or synthetic organic materials. The working environment at a coke plant can negatively affect the employed workers who were exposed to coke oven emissions containing PAHs, which formed and released into the environment by the process of pyrolysis of coke. This study aims to analyze the relationship between the exposure of...
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