(DOWNLOAD) "Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens" by Committee on How Toxicogenomics Could Inform Critical Issues in Carcinogenic Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens
- Author : Committee on How Toxicogenomics Could Inform Critical Issues in Carcinogenic Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals
- Release Date : January 17, 2005
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1734 KB
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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.