Application of epigenetic data in human health risk assessment.

Curr Opin Toxicol

National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.

Published: November 2017

Despite the many recent advances in the field of epigenetics, application of this knowledge in environmental health risk assessment has been limited. In this paper, we identify opportunities for application of epigenetic data to support health risk assessment. We consider current applications and present a vision for the future.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759783PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cotox.2017.09.002DOI Listing

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