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The Use of Immunological and Molecular Biological Techniques in the Assessment of Occupational and Environmental Disease

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Individual Susceptibility to Genotoxic Agents in the Human Population

Part of the book series: Environmental Science Research ((ESRH,volume 30))

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Environmental factors are playing an increasing etiologic role in the development of disease [1]. This includes both non-malignant and malignant illnesses. The occupational diseases do not differ biologically from other, non-occupationally-induced diseases, but are unique in their relation to the occupational-environmental conditions under which they have been induced. Recognition of risk to a certain population and the identification of causative environmental factors is, therefore, of profound importance; in fact, this forms the basis upon which the success of controlling environmental health hazards ultimately will depend.

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Fischbein, A., Bekesi, J.G., Selikoff, I.J., Borek, E. (1984). The Use of Immunological and Molecular Biological Techniques in the Assessment of Occupational and Environmental Disease. In: de Serres, F.J., Pero, R.W. (eds) Individual Susceptibility to Genotoxic Agents in the Human Population. Environmental Science Research, vol 30. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2765-3_8

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