Toxicogenetics: In Search of Host Susceptibility to Environmental Toxicants

Heavy metals, various pesticide and herbicides are implicated as risk factors for human health. Paraquat, maneb, and rotenone, carbamate and organophospherous insecticides are examples of toxicants for which acute and chronic exposure are associated with multiple neurological disorders including Par...

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Main Authors: Gelareh eAlam, Byron C Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00327/full