This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of "Total
Exposure Health" and presents details on subject areas which make up the
framework. It provides in-depth coverage of the science and technology
supporting exposure and risk assessment. This includes advances in
toxicology and the "-omics" as well as new techniques for exposure
assessment. The book concludes with a discussion on bioethics
implications, including ethical considerations related to genetic
testing.
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Discusses advances in exposure monitoring
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Presents a systems biology approach to human exposures
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Examines how overall well-being translates to worker productivity
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Considers the link between work-related risk factors and health
conditions
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Covers the study of genomics in precision medicine and exposure
science
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Explores bioethics in genomic studies
Aimed at the exposure professionals (industrial hygienists,
toxicologists, public health, environmental engineers), geneticists,
molecular biologists, engineers and managers in the health and safety
industry as well as professionals in the public administration field.
Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access
PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.