Sister chromatid exchanges in workers employed in car-painting workshops

✍ Scribed by Semra Sardas; Ali Esat Karakaya; Yaman Furtun

• Book ID: 104750159
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 278 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-0131
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00386576

✦ Synopsis

Car painting workers are exposed to a number of potentially genotoxic agents. The frequencies of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) were determined in a group of 22 workers involved in painting repaired cars in small workshops. An occupationally non-exposed age-matched group served as controls. There was a significant difference (P < 0.001) in the mean SCE levels in exposed (7.81 +/- 1.50) and non-exposed (4.92 +/- 0.10) groups. Smoking habit was the other factor most influencing SCE levels. Among both the exposed workers and the controls, smokers had a higher SCE frequency than non-smokers.