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Genotoxicity in workers exposed to methyl bromide.
Mutation research - 11 Sept 1998
Calvert G M, Talaska G, Mueller C A, Ammenheuser M M, Au W W, Fajen J M, Fleming L E, Briggle T, Ward E
Abstract excerpt
To address the genotoxicity of in vivo methyl bromide (CAS 74-83-9) exposure in humans, we collected blood and oropharyngeal cells as part of a cross-sectional morbidity study of methyl bromide-exposed fumigation workers and their referents. Micronuclei were measured in lymphocytes and oropharyngeal cells, and hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase gene (hprt) mutations were measured in lymphocytes. A...
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