Article
Biomarkers as tools in human health risk assessment.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 1995
Greim H, Csanády G, Filser J G, Kreuzer P, Schwarz L, Wolff T, Werner S
Abstract excerpt
Evaluation of occupational or environmental risk due to exposure to chemicals requires sufficient information on the toxic profiles, mechanisms of action, toxicokinetics, dose-response relation, exposure, and the target dose. Usually exposure is estimated by measuring concentrations of the agent in air, food, water, soil, dust, or other media with which a population or an individual is in contact. However, this...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Carcinogens
- Cyproterone Acetate
- DNA Adducts
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Dioxins
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Monitoring
- Humans
- Liver
- Mutation