Special Issue "Biomarkers: Environmental Research and Public Health"

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A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2010

Special Issue Editor

Guest Editor
Dr. Miriam C. Poirier
Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section, LCBG, Bldg.37 Rm 4032, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 37 Convent Dr. MSC-4255, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4255, USA
Website: http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=13714
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Interests: molecular biomarkers of cancer; molecular toxicology; DNA adduct formation; mutagenesis; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposures; metabolism of PAHs; chemoprevention of DNA damage and cancer

Published Papers

No papers have been published in this special issue yet, see below for planned papers.

Special Issue Information

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Submission

All manuscripts should be submitted to ijerph@mdpi.org with a copy to the Guest Editor. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.

The Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN 1660-4601) was launched in 2004 and is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI. This journal is covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Abstracts, Medline (PubMed) and EMBASE. The IJERPH maintains a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous peer-review system.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this Open Access journal is 1000 CHF per accepted paper.

Planned Papers

Type: Article
Title: Morphological Deformities as Biomarker in Fish from Contaminated Rivers in Taiwan
Authors: Peter Lin Sun 1*, William E. Hawkins 2, Robin M. Overstreet 2, Nancy J. Brown-Peterson 2
Affiliations: 1 Department of Aquaculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Nei Pu, Pingtung, Taiwan 91207, Republic of China
2 Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, P.O. Box 7000, Ocean Springs, MS 39566, USA; E-Mails: William.Hawkins@usm.edu (W.E.H.); Robin.Overstreet@usm.edu (R.M.O.); Nancy.Brown-Peterson@usm.edu (N.J.B.P.)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: plsun@mail.npust.edu.tw; Tel.: +886-8-7740226; Fax: +886-8-770-1132
Abstract: Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) were collected seasonally from four contaminated rivers in southwestern Taiwan for morphological deformities studies that could be used as biomarkers of contamination. Morphological deformities found in tilapia were separated into 15 categories. Overall, the prevalence of deformities such as split fins, lower lip extension and gill deformities were significantly related to water quality parameters, including low DO and high ammonium, lead and zinc concentrations. The persistence of tilapia in polluted waters and the development of a suite of morphological deformities suggest that tilapia can be used as biomarkers of non-point source pollution in rivers.
Keywords: tilapia; morphological deformity; biomarker; indicator; river pollution

Last update: 11 February 2010

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