Are we ready to consider transgenerational epigenetic effects in human health risk assessment?

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-298

  Alyea, Rebecca A ^a   Gollapudi, B Bhaskar ^b   Rasoulpour, Reza J ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Product safety assessment; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; VINCLOZOLIN;

CHEMICAL SAFETY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRODUCT SAFETY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RATTUS;

EPIGENETICS; PRODUCT SAFETY ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OXAZOLES; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84896697077     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21831     Document Type: Note

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