Genetic susceptibility: Significance in risk assessment

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 185-189

  Portier, Christopher J ^a   Bell, Douglas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Mathematical modeling; Polymorphism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AGE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032422628     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00305-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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