P Evenden, Q Vandoolaeghe, Y Lecluse, A C Gac, R Delépée, L B Weiswald, E Boutet-Robinet, M Boulanger, S Bonassi, P Lebailly, M Meryet-Figuière
OBJECTIVE: Several studies investigated the link between agricultural occupational exposures and DNA damage, in an attempt to bring elements of biological plausibility to the increased cancer risk associated with them. However, only a few of these studies focused on females. METHODS: The comet assay was performed on PBMC (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells) samples from 245 females working in open field farming and cattle raising, located in the Normandy area of France...
March 2, 2024: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health