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Author:   Louis W. Chang (University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA) ,  Louis W. Chang (University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA) ,  Max Costa (NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, US) ,  Bruce A. Fowler (University of MarylandHalethorpe, Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 6.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.420kg
ISBN:  

9780873718035

ISBN 10:   0873718038
Pages:   1224
Publication Date:   02 August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

GENERAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND GENOTOXICITY OF METALS Monitoring, Environmental, and Health Risk Assessments (Anna M. Fan) An Introduction to Monitoring and Environmental and Human Risk Assessment of Metals (Anna M. Fan) Monitoring and Assessment of Metal Contaminants in the Air (Josef M. Pacyna) Assessment of Ecological and Health Effects of Soil-Borne Trace Elements and Metals (A.C. Chang and A.L. Page) Assessment of Metals in Drinking Water With Specific References to Lead, Copper, Arsenic, and Selenium (Anna M. Fan) Risk Assessment of Metals (J. Michael Davis and Robert W. Elias) Techniques Employed for the Assessment of Metals in Biological System (Richard M. Jacob) Concepts on Biological Markers and Biomonitoring for Metal Toxicity (Lars Gerhardsson and Staffan Skerfving) Bioresponses and Reactivities to Metal Toxicity An Introduction to Bioresponses and Reactivities of Metals (Louis W. Chang) Determinants of Reactivity in Metal Toxicity (Evert Nieboer and Glenn G. Fletcher) Metals and Biological Membranes (Ernest C. Foulkes) Interactions Between Glutathione and Mercury in the Kidney, Liver, and Blood (Rudolfs K. Zalups and Lawrence H. Lash) The Role of General and Metal-Specific Cellular Responses in Protection and Repair of Metal-Induced Damage: Stress Proteins and Metallothioneins (Brenda M. Sanders, Peter L. Goering, and Kenneth Jenkins) Metal-Metal Interactions (Anada S. Prasad and Frances W. J. Beck) Carcinogenesis and Genotoxicity of Metals Part A: Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity of Specific Metals An Introduction to Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenicity of Metals (Max Costa) Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity of Chromium (Catherine B. Klein) The Carcinogenicity of Arsenic (Zaolin Wang and Toby G. Rossman) Cadmium Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity (Michael P. Waalkes and R. Rita Misra) Mechanisms of Nickel Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity (Max Costa) Carcinogenicity and

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... the definitive comprehensive compendium (on the biological effects of metals)... this reviewer's enthusiastic acceptance of this book can best be summed up, 'Forget escapist novels; this is one book to have if you are stranded on a desert island!' -International Journal of Toxicology

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