Article
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 oropharyng...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Humans
- Hydrocarbons, Brominated
- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Inhalation Exposure
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Micronucleus Tests
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Occupational Exposure
- Oropharynx
- Pesticides
- Regression Analysis