Reviews what is currently known about the mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis induced by environmental agents, and questions regarding the relationship of the two processes. Invited papers presented at the meeting report recent findings, techniques, and methodologies in the biomonitoring of

The 19th annual meeting of the European Environmental Mutagen Society was held in Rhodes, Greece, from October 21st to 26th, 1989. The programme was chosen to explore what is currently known about the mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, induced by environmental agents, and the questions regarding the relationship of these two processes. Recent findings, techniques and methodologies in the area of biomonitoring of humans exposed to environmental mutagens-carcinogens were presented and considerable attention was also paid to the aspects and issues of collaborative environmental...