Article
Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and molecular epidemiology.
British journal of hospital medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Vainio H, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K
Abstract excerpt
Molecular epidemiology supplies information on various stages of the multistep process of carcinogenesis and allows identification of biological markers that may indicate an increased risk of cancer. These markers have an established position in occupational and environmental epidemiology.
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Cocarcinogenesis
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Monitoring
- Epidemiological Monitoring
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Risk Factors