INCREASED SISTER-CHROMATID EXCHANGE (SCE) FREQUENCIES IN LYMPHOCYTES FROM TRAFFIC POLICEMEN EXPOSED TO AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST POLLUTION

Authors
CHANDRASEKARAN R SAMY PLP MURTHY PBK
Citation
R. Chandrasekaran et al., INCREASED SISTER-CHROMATID EXCHANGE (SCE) FREQUENCIES IN LYMPHOCYTES FROM TRAFFIC POLICEMEN EXPOSED TO AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST POLLUTION, Human & experimental toxicology, 15(4), 1996, pp. 301-304
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
Journal title
Human & experimental toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09603271
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
301 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-3271(1996)15:4<301:ISE(FI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were determined in periphe ral lymphocytes from traffic policemen drawn from various busy traffic points of Madras metro in India. These policemen were under constant exposure to automobile exhaust pollution during their 8 h work schedul e. Analysis of SCE frequencies revealed a significantly greater number of SCE/cell in these policemen as against the matched control populat ion. Sixty percent of these subjects who remained in the service after 5 years showed insignificant but higher values of SCE than in the ini tial analysis.