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Internal exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and DNA damage: a null result in brief

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  1. Institut für Prävention und Arbeitsmedizin der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung, Institut der Ruhr Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany

    Heiko U. Käfferlein, Boleslaw Marczynski, Jürgen Angerer, Hans-Peter Rihs, Beate Pesch & Thomas Brüning

  2. Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (INRS), Rue du Morvan, 54501, Vandoeuvre Cedex, France

    Patrice Simon

  3. Abteilung für Hygiene, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44139, Bochum, Germany

    Michael Wilhelm

  4. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France

    Kurt Straif

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Käfferlein, H.U., Marczynski, B., Simon, P. et al. Internal exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and DNA damage: a null result in brief. Arch Toxicol 86, 1317–1321 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-012-0882-7

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