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Increased frequency of chromosome aberrations in workers exposed to styrene.
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Publication date: 1979-12-01
Scand J Work Environ Health 1979;5(4):333-335
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Chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes from peripheral blood were significantly more frequent in six workers from a plant manufacturing polyester resin boats (average 10.8 per 100 cells) than in six age-and sex-matched referents (5.2 per 100 cells). The contamination of the workroom air with styrene, as measured on three occasions within three years in different areas of the plant, was 50-400 mg/m.