Dioxins and Health

Arnold Schecter, Thomas Gasiewicz (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

685 Seiten

2002 | 2nd Revised edition
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-415-24859-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The 2nd edition of this title provides the reader with a cross-disciplinary discourse in the dioxin field both by providing a source of research and by offering a perspective as to how this data relates to real issues of human and environmental health.

Inhalt

1. Overview: The Dioxin Debate T. Webster, B. Commone; 2. Risk Assessments of Dioxin Like Compounds E. Silbergeld and P. deFur; 3. Environmental Sources, Distribution, and Fate of Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, Dibenzofurans, and related Organochlorines D. Zook, C. Rappe; 4. Dioxins in Food J. R. Startin; 5. Toxicology of Dioxins and Related Chemicals M. DeVito and L. Birnbaum; 6. Pharmacokinetics of Dioxins and Related Chemicals J. R. Olson; 7. Immunotoxicology of Dioxins and Related Chemicals N. Kerkvliet; 8. Dose-response Effects of Dioxins: Species Comparison and Implication for Risk Assessment A. Tritscher, G. Clark and G. Lucier; 9. Dioxins, Dibenzofurans, PCBs and Wildlife J. Giesy, J. Ludwig and D. Tillitt; 10. Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Dioxins and Other Ah Receptor Agonists H. M. Theobold and R. Peterson; 11. Aquatic Toxicity of Dioxins and Related Chemicals N. Walker and R. Peterson; 12. Dioxins and Mammalian Carcinogenesis J. Huff; 13. Neurochemical and Behavoioural Sequelae of Exposure to Dioxins and PCBs R. Seegal and S. Schantz; 14. Exposure Assessment: Measurements of Dioxins and Related Chemicals in Human Tissues A. Schecter; 15. Human Health Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls W. Nicholson and P. Landrigan; 16. Cancer Epidemiology L. Hardell, M. Eriksson, O. Axelson and S. Zahm; 17. Reproductive and Developmental Epidemiology of Dioxins S. Selevan, A. Sweeney; 18. Chemical, Environmental, and Health Aspects of the Seveso, Italy, Accident P. A. Bertazzi, A. diDomenico; 19. The Yusho Rice Oil Poisoning Incident Y. Masuda; 20. The Yucheng Rice Oil Poisoning Incident Chen-Chin Hsu, Mei-Lin M. Yu, Yung Chen, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, and W. J. Rogan

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 50 b&w line drawings and 20 photographs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 246 mm
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
• ISBN-10: 0-415-24859-0 / 0415248590
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-24859-4 / 9780415248594
• Zustand: Neuware