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, TRDizin) 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.