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ID (ISN) del documento47822
Número CIS 87-523
ISSN - Título de la serie 1000-7164 - Industrial Health and Occupational Diseases
Año 1985
Número de serie
Autor(es) Yuan C., Zhang D.
Título Frequency of lymphocyte sister chromatid exchanges in coke-oven workers
Título original Jiaoluzuoye gongren waizhou xuelinbaxibao zimeiranseti huhuan [en chino]
Información bibliográfica 1985, Vol.11, No.6, p.336-338. 6 ref.
Resumen The analysis of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is a useful technique for the study of genetic damage in humans exposed to environmental mutagens and carcinogens. In the present study, lymphocyte sister chromatid exchange frequencies were determined for 12 long-term coke-oven workers and 20 controls. The duration of exposure to the coke oven emissions ranged from 15 to 32 years. The mean SCE frequency for the exposed group was 13.04 ± 1.47 SCEs per cell and that for the control group was 8.82±1.26. The increased SCE frequency in coke-oven workers may be related to the long-term exposure to coke-oven emissions.
Descriptores (primarios) efectos mutágenos; siderurgia; efectos cancerígenos; hornos de coque
Descriptores (secundarios) efectos genéticos
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Metalurgia, trabajo de los metales
Broad subject area(s) Industrias y ocupaciones
Navegación por categoria(s) Iron and steel industry
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects