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Emissions generated by sugarcane burning promote genotoxicity in rural workers: a case study in Barretos, Brazil

BACKGROUND: To determine the possible genotoxic effect of exposure to the smoke generated by biomass burning on workers involved in manual sugar cane harvesting. METHODS: The frequency of micronuclei in exfoliated buccal cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes was determined in sugarcane workers in t...

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Autores principales: Silveira, Henrique César Santejo, Schmidt-Carrijo, Marina, Seidel, Ervald Henrique, Scapulatempo-Neto, Cristovam, Longatto-Filho, Adhemar, Carvalho, Andre Lopes, Reis, Rui Manuel Vieira, Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24112819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-87