Improving Disaster Management

Improving Disaster Management

The Role of IT in Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

  • Autor: Schmitt, Ted; Eisenberg, Jon; Rao, Ramesh R.
  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309103961
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309667449
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309164481
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2005
  • Mes: Octubre
  • Pàgines: 69
  • DDC: 576
  • Idioma: Anglés
Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful environments. The National Research Council convened a workshop to discuss how toxicogenomic data could be applied to improve risk assessments, particularly cancer risk from environmental exposure to chemicals. Risk assessments serve as the basis of many public-health decisions in environmental, occupational, and consumer protection from chemicals. The workshop provided a forum for communities of experts, including those working in "-omics" and those in the policy arena, to discuss where their fields intersect, and how toxicogenomics could address critical knowledge gaps in risk assessments.
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Summary of the Workshop
  • Appendix A Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B Biographical Information on Workshop Organizing Committee Members and Speakers
  • Appendix C Abbreviations

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