DNA adducts as markers of exposure in hazardous waste workers
McDiarmid, M.A.; Strickland, P.T.
Occupational Medicine 5(1): 49-58
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X PMID: 2405516 Document Number: 356025
The interaction of a chemical or physical agent with DNA, resulting in the formation of covalent adducts or other modifications, has been implicated in the carcinogenic process for certain classes of chemicals. Demonstration of modified DNA may be taken as evidence of the interaction of a genotoxic agent with DNA, which is the basis for this review of DNA adducts as markers of exposure in hazardous waste work.