Juana Sanchez Alarcon, Irma Rojas Perez, Rafael Valencia Q

Assessment of genotoxic damage in adolescents

caused by exposure to environmental contaminants

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the state of Tlaxcala there are several schools located in the vicinity of different industrial corridors, which means that the student population is potentially exposed to the emission of environmental pollutants from different industries. Some of these substances can produce acute or chronic effects on human health and can even cause damage to genetic material. In the present work, a biomonitoring study was carried out from the genotoxic point of view using the micronucleus (MN) and binucleated cells (BN) assay in epithelial cells of the oral mucosa, to determine the damage induced in 99 adolescents of both sexes between 12 and 15 years of age (experimental group), potentially exposed to pollutants emitted by the Panzacola Industrial Corridor and in 30 adolescents of the same age range (control group), apparently not exposed to obvious sources of contamination. The results found with both biomarkers were contradictory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 113g
• ISBN-13: 9786206862536
• ISBN-10: 6206862534
• Artikelnr.: 69502268

Autorenporträt

Hochschulabschluss in Biologie, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, UNAM. Master in Umweltwissenschaften, Autonome Universität von Tlaxcala. Mitglied des Labors für Genomische Toxikologie und Umweltchemie, Fakultät für Agrarbiologie, UATx; der Mexikanischen Gesellschaft für Genetik; der Nationalen Akademie für Umweltwissenschaften; und der Umwelt und Genetik CA, konsolidiert.