Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens: A Workshop Summary

By National Research Council and Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309097002
• ISBN13: 9780309097000
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 68 Pages