A pragmatic & translational approach of human biomonitoring to methyl isocyanate exposure in Bhopal

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-484

  Mishra, Pradyumna Kumar ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bhopal gas tragedy; Biomarkers; Environmental medicine; Genome wide studies; Health risk assessment; Translational research

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN E; DNA; METHYL ISOCYANATE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BHOPAL DISASTER; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INDIA; ISOCYANATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84861949425     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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