hprt mutant lymphocyte frequencies in workers at a 1,3-butadiene production plant.

doi:10.1289/ehp.94102s979

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hprt mutant lymphocyte frequencies in workers at a 1,3-butadiene production plant.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 Nov 1994

Ward J B, Ammenheuser M M, Bechtold W E, Whorton E B, Legator M S

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1,3-Butadiene is a major industrial chemical that has been shown to be a carcinogen at multiple sites in mice and rats at concentrations as low as 6.25 ppm. Occupational exposures have been reduced in response to these findings, but it may not be possible to determine by using traditional epidemi...

Topics

Adult
Air Pollutants, Occupational
Butadienes
Environmental Monitoring
Female
Humans
Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
Lymphocytes
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Pilot Projects

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