Open AccessOccupational and environmental risks in and around a smelter in northern Sweden
Author(s) -
NORDENSON I.,
BECKMAN G.,
BECKMAN L.,
NORDSTRöM S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1978.tb01601.x
Subject(s) - arsenic , biology , smelting , occupational exposure , environmental health , toxicology , metallurgy , medicine , materials science
A significantly increased frequency of chromosomal aberrations was found among arsenic‐exposed workers at the Rönnskär smelter in northern Sweden. The correlation between frequency of aberrations and arsenic exposure was rather poor. This may be due to individual variations in susceptibility to damage and to the supposed cocarcinogenic action of arsenic. The results suggested an interaction between smoking and arsenic exposure. A correlation between breaks and gaps was found, which suggests that gaps may be used as indicators of genotoxic agents.