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Monitoring genotoxic exposure in uranium miners.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Mar 1993
Srám R J, Binková B, Dobiás L, Rössner P, Topinka J, Veselá D, Veselý D, Stejskalová J, Bavorová H, Rericha V
Abstract excerpt
Recent data from deep uranium mines in Czechoslovakia indicated that in addition to radon daughter products, miners are also exposed to chemical mutagens. Mycotoxins were identified as a possible source of mutagenicity present in the mines. Various methods of biomonitoring were used to examine three groups of miners from different uranium mines. Cytogenetic analysis of peripheral lymphocytes, unscheduled DNA...
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