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Development and application of biomarkers exploitable for human exposure monitoring
1Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy.
Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis, and Mutagenesis
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The objectives, applications and limitations of laboratory methods for assessing human exposure to carcinogens are concisely discussed. The available technologies include cytological, cytogenetic and molecular analyses, somatic cell mutation, carcinogen-DNA or carcinogen-protein adducts, metabolic markers, and chemical or biological analyses of expired air, body fluids, and excreta.