Document ID (ISN) | 41843 |
CIS number |
84-817 |
Year |
1982 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Falck K. |
Title |
Application of the bacterial urinary mutagenicity assay in detection of exposure to genotoxic chemicals |
Bibliographic information |
Institute of Occupational Health, Haartmaninkatu 1, 00290 Helsinki 29, Finland, 1982. 92p. Illus. 115 ref. |
Abstract |
This academic dissertation is based on data given in 10 published articles. Studies discussed concerned workers in a hospital oncology unit, the rubber industry, and iron foundries. Nurses preparing cytostatic drugs had mutagenic activity in their urine, which was much lower than in patients receiving the drugs, and which decreased when contermeasures were taken. Workers of both the other groups also had mutagenic activity in their urine. In a separate study, smokers, too, showed urinary mutagenic activity. The final 50 pages of the monograph contain reproductions of the articles reviewed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
mutagens; carcinogens; rubber industry; foundries; chemical products; mutagenicity tests; hospitals; drugs |
Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; Finland; determination in urine; thesis; smoking |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Rubber industry Health care services Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
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