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: closed (31 October 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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Phone: 301-402-1835
Fax: 301-402-8230
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

Click here to see a list of 7 papers that have been published in this special issue.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue will concentrate on the health effects of indoor and outdoor ambient pollution, and where possible should include both ambient monitoring in the proximity of human activity and human pathology presumed to occur due to inhalation of specific contaminants. Contaminants of interest include complex mixtures of industrial chemical exhaust, vehicle exhaust, indoor heating and/or tobacco product combustion (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), as well as any other inhalants considered to lead to human health risks. Chemical classes of interest would include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other compounds prevalent in the ambient environment and considered to contribute to human pathology. Relevant health effects may include but are not limited to biomarkers of exposure (e.g., DNA or protein adduct formation), metabolites (e.g., 1-OH-pyrene), biomarkers of effect (e.g., mutagenesis), and manifestations of specific organ pathology such as lung compromise or cognitive disorders. In addition we are interested in papers that would focus on both adult exposures and the fetal consequences of in utero exposures.

Dr. Miriam C. Poirier
Guest Editor

Related Special Issues in other Journals

Biomarkers in IJMS
Biomarkers: Oncology Studies in Cancers

Submission

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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. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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 (Swiss Francs).

Keywords

  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • inhalation
  • adults
  • in utero exposure
  • complex mixtures
  • biomarkers
  • DNA adducts
  • protein adducts
  • metabolites
  • cognitive compromise
  • industrial contamination
  • indoor heating
  • ambient environment

Last update: 16 January 2012

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