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ReviewHealth science reports2021

The effects of genetic polymorphisms on benzene-exposed workers: A systematic review.

Verónica Ramírez-Lopera, Daniel Uribe-Castro, Henry Bautista-Amorocho, Jorge Alexander Silva-Sayago, Enrique Mateus-Sánchez, Wilman Yesid Ardila-Barbosa, Tania Liseth Pérez-Cala

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Review in Health science reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Verónica Ramírez-LoperaBacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Antioquia Medellín Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3609-8025
Daniel Uribe-CastroBacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Antioquia Medellín Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9222-5703
Henry Bautista-AmorochoBacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Antioquia Medellín Colombia.
Jorge Alexander Silva-SayagoGrupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas-GIDTI, Programa Administración en Salud Ocupacional Centro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios Bucaramanga Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8147-6374
Enrique Mateus-SánchezGrupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas-GIDTI, Programa de Psicología Centro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios Bucaramanga Colombia.
Wilman Yesid Ardila-BarbosaGrupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas-GIDTI, Programa Administración en Salud Ocupacional Centro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios Bucaramanga Colombia.
Tania Liseth Pérez-CalaBacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Antioquia Medellín Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5095-3289
Universidad de Antioquia · COCorporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsBenzene is a group I carcinogen, which has been associated with leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Moreover, it has been proposed that polymorphisms in benzene metabolizing genes influence the outcomes of benzene exposure in the human body. This systematic review aims to elucidate the existent relationship between genetic polymorphisms and the risk of developing adverse health effects in benzene-exposed workers.

methodsThree databases were systematically searched until April 2020. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses method was used to select articles published between 2005 and 2020. Quality assessment and risk of bias were evaluated by the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

resultsAfter full-text evaluation, 36 articles remained out of 645 initially screened. The most studied health effects within the reviewed papers were chronic benzene poisoning, hematotoxicity, altered urinary biomarkers of exposure, micronucleus/chromosomal aberrations, and gene methylation. Furthermore, some polymorphisms on

conclusionThough there is a positive relationship between genetic polymorphisms and detrimental health outcomes for benzene-exposed workers, broader benzene-exposed cohorts that take into account the genetic diversity of the population are needed in order to determine which specific polymorphisms incur in health risks.

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benzenechronic benzene poisoninggenetic polymorphismshematotoxicityoccupational health

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