Exposome: New Frontiers in Exposure Science
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 2116
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pesticide exposure; obesity; endocannabinoids; microbial genetics; gut microbe; toxicology bioremediation
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Interests: exposure science; toxic metals; biomonitoring; nanoparticles; environmental health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The profound understanding of the impacts of environmental exposures on human health requires accessing the exposome, or the totality of exposures. This Special Issue aims to push the frontiers of exposome science using innovative tools to capture environmental exposures and examine their influence on disease risk.
We welcome reviews and research articles utilizing novel methods and technologies to characterize the external exposome more comprehensively across biological matrices. Contributions should focus on expanding exposure assessment across priority areas such as air or water pollution, pesticides, lifestyle factors, diet, and socioeconomic environments. We also invite submissions exploring the health-protective effects of beneficial phytochemical exposures from dietary sources. Such research into the positive impacts of exposure can provide balance with studies focused on the detrimental effects. Examining windows of susceptibility and critical developmental periods for both positive and negative exposures is encouraged.
In congruence with our scholarly aspirations, we invite submissions integrating exposome research with epidemiology to elicit drug exposure–disease connections. Longitudinal cohort studies leveraging sensors, geospatial modeling, and other computational tools to analyze exposure–health links are of interest. Multi-omics approaches connecting external exposure to internal biomarkers have the potential to reveal biological pathways underlying various health effects.
We invite perspectives that evaluate opportunities and challenges in applying exposome science across exposure assessment, epidemiology, toxicology, and risk assessment. Together, contributions should demonstrate the shift from conventional exposure science to integrated exposome mapping.
Overall, this Special Issue aims to showcase improved tools and research integrating the exposome that can inform disease prevention and public health strategies. We look forward to your submissions on this new frontier in exposure science.
Dr. Sandeep Kondakala
Dr. Masako Morishita
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- exposomes
- toxicological assessment
- environmental Pollutants
- phytochemical exposure
- drug exposures
- pesticide exposures
- high fat diets
- multi-omics
- computational models
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