Rapid Diagnosis in Populations at Risk from Radiation and Chemicals
It is a reality that we live in a world where populations could be exposed to radiation or hazardous chemicals as a result of an accident, act of terrorism or a war. This exposure could cause serious health problems, sometimes within days or weeks, and may even lead to a latent health effect on humans, such as an increased cancer rate. Health professionals dealing with these cases therefore need methods to measure the effects of radiation and chemicals using molecular a cellular assays, and their possible short a long term consequences for potentially exposed members of a population at risk. Many biological methods are currently available to monitor both the environment and humans following exposure to physical a chemical agents, by using specific biomarkers to measure genetic damage and changes in macromolecules and body tissues. This makes it possible to perform a reliable risk assessment and to protect the public against unwanted consequences of terrorism and other threats...IAEA Vienna, Biological Dosimetry, Cytogenetic Analysis for Radiation Dose Assessment, A Manual, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 405 ... and risk of cancer in humans: an epidemiological perspective, Cytogenet Genome Res 104 (2004), 376a382. ... P. Moszczyski, W.W. Au, (2005) Occupational exposure to mercury vapour on genotoxicity and DNA repair, Mutat. ... K.H. Chadwick, H.P. Leenhouts, The molecular theory of radiation biology, Monographs on Theoretical and Appliedanbsp;...
| Title | : | Rapid Diagnosis in Populations at Risk from Radiation and Chemicals |
| Author | : | Antonina Cebulska-Wasilewska, Andreyan N. Osipov, Firouz Darroudi |
| Publisher | : | IOS Press - 2010-01-01 |
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