ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS' EFFECTS ON GENES AND GENETIC ANALYSIS METHODS


Basoglu F., ÖNAL A. E.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.72, sa.3, ss.108-111, 2009 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

Physical and chemical enviromental pollutants' negative effect on human health is known. Those pollutants may cause different cancer types especially after exposure to high doses for a long time. In this article, environmental exposures to radiation, arsenic, cadmium, lead, chrome, nickel and current genetic analysis methods to detect effects of mutagens will be summarized.