Cancer risk evaluation : methods and trends /: methods and trends. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gunter Obe ... [et al.].
• Other Names: Obe, G
• Contents: Preface; Introduction; MODELS AND APPROACHES; Models of cancer development: genetic and environmental influences (Jandrig); Endogenous DNA damage and its relevance for the initiation of carcinogenesis (Epe, Fusser); The IARC Monographs Programme: cancer-hazard identification as a first step in cancer-risk assessment and cancer prevention (Baan, Cogliano); EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; The role of epidemiology in cancer risk assessment of non-ionising radiation (Schuz, Berg-Beckhoff, Schlehofer, Blettner); The role of epidemiology in cancer risk assessment of ionizing radiation (Wakeford); ; ANIMAL STUDIES; Animal studies on RF-EMF cancer effects (Dasenbrock, Buschmann); Animal studies in carcinogen identification: The example of power-frequency (50/60 Hz) magnetic fields (McCormick); GENOTOXICITY STUDIES; Chromosomal aberrations in human populations and cancer (Obe, Lloyd, Durante); Cytogenetic studies in mammalian somatic cells exposed to radiofrequency radiation: A meta-analysis (Vijayalaxmi, Prihoda); OMICS -; A NEW TOOL FOR CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT?; Genomics and cancer risk assessment (Schweiger, Timmermann); Transcriptomics and cancer risk assessment (Kemmner); Proteomics and cancer risk assessment (Schramm); CURRENT USE OF OMICS STUDIES FOR CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT; Omics in cancer risk assessment: Pathways to disease (Portier, Thomas); What have omics taught us about the health risks associated with exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation? (Morgan, Sowa); Current use of omics studies for cancer risk assessment: Transcriptomics approach in RF-EMF research (Mevissen); Proteomics approach In mobile phone radiation research (Leszczynski); CHALLENGES FOR RISK MANAGEMENT; Evaluating the reliability of controversial scientific results (Lerchl); Comparative risk assessment with ionising and non-ionising radiations (Kiefer); Communicating about uncertainties in cancer risk assessment (Wiedemann, Schutz); The Precautionary Principle and radiofrequency exposure from mobile phones (Marchant); ; ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (366 pages)
• Subjects: 616.994071; Cancer -- Environmental aspects; Cancer -- Risk factors
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527634637
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