Oxidative stress and DNA damage in agricultural workers after exposure to pesticides

Oxidative stress and DNA damage in agricultural workers after exposure to pesticides

Abstract Background Recent epidemiological studies on workers describe that exposure to pesticides can induce oxidative stress by increased production of free radicals that can accumulate in the cell and damage biological macromolecules, for example, RNA, DNA, DNA repair proteins and other proteins...

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Main Authors: Caterina Ledda, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Diana Cinà, Vera Filetti, Ermanno Vitale, Gianluca Paravizzini, Concettina Di Naso, Ivo Iavicoli, Venerando Rapisarda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Subjects:
Pesticides
Agricultural workers
Biomonitoring
ROS
Cancer
Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-020-00290-z

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