Biomarker. Research and Appli- cation in the Assessment of Environmental Health. 1993. (NATO ASI Series H: Cell Biology, 68). 5 figs. 2 tabs. approx. 140 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

Biological markers used to assess the effects of environmentalpollution have attracted considerable attention from regulatory agenciesand are currently under evaluation at a number of research facilitiesthroughout the world. However promising a biomarker-based biomonitoringapproach may be, the development of this concept is complicated by arange of technical issues. This book provides a conceptional frameworkfor research and application of biomarkers. International experts onbiomonitoring have formulated a unified strategy for the development andvalidation of biomarkers in assessing environmental health as well asappropriate protocols for their implementation and interpretation in abiological monitoring program.