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Population monitoring for genetic damage induced by environmental physical and chemical agents

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The short-term tests performed in vitro on different systems, from phage to human cells, or in vivo, on laboratory animals, allow only a qualitative estimate of the action of mutagenic agents, and the extrapolation of such experimental results to man may encounter many difficulties.

Direct biomonitoring of populations exposed to chemicals could represent a more realistic approach for an evaluation of the hazards to man. Certain methods are still under development. Nevertheless, other ones can already by used routinely, e.g. the cytogenetic observations on peripheral blood lymphocytes and the Ames test for mutagenic substances in urine, and can provide useful suggestions how to set threshold limits for chemical substances encountered in the working environment.

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Leonard, A., Bogaert, M.DV., Bernard, A. et al. Population monitoring for genetic damage induced by environmental physical and chemical agents. Environ Monit Assess 5, 369–384 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399465

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