TOXICOGENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND RISK: A Workshop Summary - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0309097002 ISBN 13: 9780309097000

Publisher: The National Academies Press, 2001

Synopsis

Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful environments. The National Research Council convened a workshop to discuss how toxicogenomic data could be applied to improve risk assessments, particularly cancer risk from environmental exposure to chemicals. Risk assessments serve as the basis of many public-health decisions in environmental, occupational, and consumer protection from chemicals. The workshop provided a forum for communities of experts, including those working in "-omics" and those in the policy arena, to discuss where their fields intersect, and how toxicogenomics could address critical knowledge gaps in risk assessments.

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Committee on How Toxicogenomics Could Inform Critical Issues in Carcinogenic Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals, Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: The National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309097002
• ISBN 13: 9780309097000
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68