@article {10.3844/ojbsci.2019.92.97, article_type = {journal}, title = {Genotoxicity through Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM10) at two Sites in the Valle de Aburrá, Colombia}, author = {Estrada-Vélez, Verónica and López-López, Lucelly and Martínez-Sánchez, Lina María and Agudelo-Vélez, Camilo Andrés and Rodriguez-Gázquez, María los Ángeles and Toro-Gómez, María Victoria and Orozco-Jimenez, Luz Yaneth and Zuluaga-Quintero, Mónica and Lopera-Valle, Johan Sebastián and Pamplona-Sierra, Ana Paulina and Díaz-Zuluaga, Ana María and Vargas-Grisales, Natalia and Vargas-Gallego, Ana María and Rojas-Londoño, Jennifer and Hernández-Restrepo, Felipe and Ocampo-Patiño, Andrea and Rojas-Jimenez, Sara and Ortiz-Trujillo, Isabel Cristina}, volume = {19}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, month = {Mar}, pages = {92-97}, doi = {10.3844/ojbsci.2019.92.97}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2019.92.97}, abstract = {To establish differences in the genotoxic effect of particulate matter (PM10) in exposed individuals at two sites in the Valle de Aburrá (VA). This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 2 groups of individuals exposed to 67.7 and 45 µg/m3 of PM10 for a minimum of 8 hours/day. The frequency of Chromosomal Abnormalities (CAs) and the mitotic index were evaluated based on blood samples. The data were processed using SPSS version 18.0 and significant differences were established between the groups at p}, journal = {OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences}, publisher = {Science Publications} }