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Sister-chromatid exchanges in nuclear fuel workers
P A Prabhavathi1, S K Fatima, P Padmavathi
1Institute of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Mutation Research
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
Peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures of 116 smokers and 80 non-smokers who were occupationally exposed to uranyl compounds were analysed for sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs). Blood samples were collected from 59 non-smokers (control group I) and 47 smokers (control group II) who were not exposed to uranium for control data. A significant increase in SCEs was observed among both smokers and non-smokers exposed to uranyl compounds when compared to their respective controls. In controls, a significant increase in the frequency of SCEs was observed in smokers when compared to non-smokers.