Toxicology of Metals, Volume I / Edition 1

by Louis W. Chang

Overview

This volume offers the most comprehensive presentation available on metal toxicology. It discusses not only metals but also the toxic endpoints, such as neurotoxicity, renal toxicity, and cancer induction. Chapters are written by experts in their respective fields, focusing on carcinogenesis and human exposures and highlighting the major aspects and issues of toxicity in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873718035
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/1996
Series:	Toxicology of Metals Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1224
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louis W. Chang

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

Editorial Reviews

"... 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

From the Publisher

An exhaustive account of one of the broadest areas of toxicology, and one that is rapidly developing. The chemistry is diverse, and toxic outcomes cover virtually every adverse effect from the cellular to the whole animal level. Seventy-two contributions by 120 experts (from over 10 countries) comprise this handbook. They address, in Part One, general and clinical aspects, risk assessment, and genotoxicity of metals, including monitoring environmental and health risk assessments, bioresponses and reactivities, carcinogensis, and clinical aspects. The second part comprises contributions on target organ toxicology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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