Chromosomal damage among medical staff occupationally exposed to volatile anesthetics, antineoplastic drugs, and formaldehyde

• Main Authors: Ludovit Musak (Author), Zdenek Smerhovsky (Author), Erika Halasova (Author), Oto Osina (Author), Lucia Letkova (Author), Ludmila Vodickova (Author), Veronika Polakova (Author), Janka Buchancova (Author), Kari Hemminki (Author), Pavel Vodicka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Structural chromosomal aberrations in blood lymphocytes represent a biomarker for cellular damage caused by genotoxic carcinogens and are an indicator of increased cancer risk. We evaluated the association between frequencies of total chromosomal aberrations, chromatid- and chromosome-ty...