Current Health Issues in Occupational Toxicology
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 12991
Special Issue Editors
Interests: occupational medicine; toxicology; biomarkers; oxidative stress; work-related stress
Interests: occupational medicine; toxicology; biomarkers; oxidative stress; work related stress
Interests: occupational medicine; toxicology; biomarkers; oxidative stress; work-related stress
Interests: molecular oncology; oncogenetics; epigenetics; biomarker discovery; drug resistance; microRNAs
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Interests: cancer; epigenetics; biomarkers; microRNAs; DNA methylation; occupational carcinogens
Interests: environmental toxicology; risk assessment; genotoxicity; environmental pollution; exposure assessment; environmental analysis; biostatistics; toxicology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Occupational exposure to toxic pollutants has been associated with negative health impacts, such as increased morbidity and mortality. Numerous epidemiological studies have shown that these effects may depend on multiple issues: non-modifiable factors including age, gender and individual susceptibility, as well as modifiable factors such as smoking, alcohol, nutrition, lifestyle and occupational exposure.
A key challenge in occupational toxicology is to address the adverse effects from long-term exposure to low doses of compounds, close to health-based guidance values, often in complex mixtures.
On this basis, a huge body of evidence suggests the importance of the early detection of occupational health damage and of the implementation of effective strategies to reduce exposure to xenobiotics in the workplace.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge regarding the links between exposure to occupational pollutants and human health. Original papers, short communications and reviews are welcome for this issue.
Papers dealing with new toxicological approaches to identifying early effects and individual susceptibility through “omics”, including epigenetics, and to measuring and characterizing biological effects from gene–environment interactions will be particularly appreciated.
We will accept manuscripts from different disciplines including exposure-assessment science, epidemiology, intervention studies, and risk and health impact assessment.
Dr. Luca Falzone
Prof. Dr. Chiara Costa
Prof. Dr. Concettina Fenga
Dr. Marina Goumenou
Dr. Giusi Briguglio
Dr. Federica Giambò
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- occupational diseases
- cancer
- pollutants
- biological monitoring
- biomarkers
- oxidative stress
- molecular biology
- epigenetics
- bioinformatics
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