DNA damage in viscose factory workers occupationally exposed to carbon di-sulfide using buccal cell comet assay

• Main Authors: Pappuswamy Manikantan (Author), Vellingiri Balachandar (Author), Keshavarao Sasikala (Author), Subramanium Mohanadevi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The most important industrial use of carbon disulfide (CS2 ) has been in the fabrication of regenerated cellulose rayon by the viscose process and cellophane. CS2 leads to increased frequency of chromosomal aberrations in workers with occupational exposure to CS2 . Methods: In the present study...