Abstract
In a previous study (M.Sc. FAPESP grant #2013/05084-8), it was observed that anesthesiologists who worked in a university hospital are exposed to high trace concentrations of currently used inhalation anesthetics (halogenated isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane, besides nitrous oxide) and show genetic instability, cytotoxicity and changes in cell proliferation, detected by the buccal micr…