Approaches to assessing genetic risks from exposure to chemicals.

doi:10.1289/ehp.93101s3327

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Approaches to assessing genetic risks from exposure to chemicals.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 Oct 1993

Sobels F H

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An effort to assess and quantify genetic risks from human exposure to mutagenic chemicals is urgently needed; otherwise genetic toxicology may well lose its credibility. Genetic biomonitoring provides us with an indication of mutagenic effectiveness in human somatic cells. The populations and che...

Topics

Animals
Benzene
Environmental Monitoring
Ethylene Oxide
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Mutagens
Mutation

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