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Exposure to urban and rural air pollution: DNA and protein adducts and effect of glutathione-S-transferase genotype on adduct levels.
International archives of occupational and environmental health - 1 Jan 1996
Nielsen P S, Okkels H, Sigsgaard T, Kyrtopoulos S, Autrup H
Abstract excerpt
Ambient air in urban areas is polluted by agents suspected of causing cancer in humans. A number of epidemiological studies have revealed an increased cancer risk in urban communities, especially in lung cancer. The relative risk have been estimated to be in the order of 1.5. The objective of this study was to evaluate differences in genotoxic exposure through air pollution in urban and rural areas using DNA and...
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