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PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY

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A Multidisciplinary Approach<br />

12.5 OCCUPATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE <strong>OF</strong> MUTAGENS 259<br />

Figure 12.8 Proposed relationships between mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. (Adapted from Fishbein, 1979).<br />

Although each of the mutagenicity tests described in this chapter has individual strengths, likewise<br />

each is weak in some facets of detection capacity. Clearly, therefore, the accurate and efficient testing<br />

of chemicals and the protection from potential occupational mutagens require a multidisciplinary<br />

approach that integrates toxicology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, pathology, epidemiology,<br />

industrial hygiene, and occupational medicine. Testing intact animals has the advantage of increasing<br />

the reliability of any extrapolations that must be made from the data; however, cost considerations<br />

often limit the application of in vivo mammalian assays except when it is expected that they will<br />

verify lower tier assays.<br />

There are three areas where the results of mutagenicity testing of a given substance may be applied:

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