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Document ID (ISN)26997
CIS number 77-732
ISSN - Serial title 0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Pollini G., Biscaldi G.P.
Title Persistence of lymphocyte karyotype changes ten years after benzene poisoning
Original title Persistenza delle alterazioni del cariotipo nei linfociti di soggetti benzolici a dieci anni dalla intossicazione [in Italian]
Bibliographic information 1976, Vol.67, No.5, p.465-472. Illus. 5 ref.
Abstract Report on lymphocyte karyotype studies in 4 subjects. There was a significant incidence of aneuploid cells in 3 of them, while none showed hyperploidy. No gross morphological changes of the karyotype were found.
Descriptors (primary) benzene; chronic poisoning; chromosome changes
Descriptors (secondary) analysis of chromosome aberrations; sequelae
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Antifertility and prenatal effects
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures