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ArticleEnvironmental health insights2016

DNA Damage among Wood Workers Assessed with the Comet Assay.

Evin Danisman Bruschweiler, Pascal Wild, Cong Khanh Huynh, Dessislava Savova-Bianchi, Brigitta Danuser, Nancy B Hopf

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Article in Environmental health insights, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Evin Danisman BruschweilerInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pascal WildInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.; Institute for Research and Safety (INRS), Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
Cong Khanh HuynhInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dessislava Savova-BianchiInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brigitta DanuserInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nancy B HopfInstitute for Work and Health (IST), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Institute for Work and Health · CHInstitut National de Recherche et de Sécurité · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to wood dust, a human carcinogen, is common in wood-related industries, and millions of workers are occupationally exposed to wood dust worldwide. The comet assay is a rapid, simple, and sensitive method for determining DNA damage. The objective of this study was to investigate the DNA damage associated with occupational exposure to wood dust using the comet assay (peripheral blood samples) among nonsmoking wood workers (n = 31, furniture and construction workers) and controls (n = 19). DNA damage was greater in the group exposed to composite wood products compared to the group exposed to natural woods and controls (P < 0.001). No difference in DNA damage was observed between workers exposed to natural woods and controls (P = 0.13). Duration of exposure and current dust concentrations had no effect on DNA damage. In future studies, workers' exposures should include cumulative dust concentrations and exposures originating from the binders used in composite wood products.

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comet assayDNA damageoccupational exposurewood dust

Identifiers

PMID27398027
PMCPMC4927022
OpenAlexW2464930847

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