title: [A carcinogens--methods for detecting environmental muta/carcinogens].
abstract: The major causes of cancer in the developed countries are now thought to be environmental or man-made factors. Because most carcinogens are also mutagens, the detection and identification of muta/carcinogens to humans seem to be very important in the environmental sciences. We describe here, i) in vitro and in vivo short-term assays for muta/carcinogens in the environment, ii) possible method for monitoring human exposure to muta/carcinogens, and iii) some trials for estimating human risk for the development of cancers due to environmental mutagens.
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000818:Animals; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000633:toxicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004261:DNA Replication; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009153:Mutagens; D009154:Mutation; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D009153:Mutagens