Handbook of Hazardous Materials (eBook)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
772 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-323-13955-7 (ISBN)

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Handbook of Hazardous Materials is a one-volume compendium of hazardous materials that discusses the toxic effects of these materials on human health and the global environment. It provides comprehensive coverage of individual toxic elements, covers hazardous material groups, and includes more general articles such as evaluation and testing of carcinogens, transport of pollutants, and inhalation toxicology. The fully referenced articles are presented in alphabetical order. The book features a subject index as well as numerous cross-references.
Individual articles are preceded by a topical outline and discuss the origin, prevalence, mechanisms of toxicity and damaging effects of each hazardous material.
Comprehensive coverage of individual toxic elements, including
Asbestos
Alar
Lead
Mercury
Coverage of hazardous material groups, such as
Pesticides
Food additives
Nitrogen compounds
More general articles, such as
Evaluation and testing of carcinogens
Transport of pollutants
Inhalation toxicology

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Contributors

Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors’ contributions begin.

Marlene Absher(661),     Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405

Bengt Akesson(701),     Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden

Rolf Altenburger(15),     Institut für Zellbiologie, Biochemie, und Biotechnologie, Universität Bremen, 2800 Bremen 33, Germany

Jean-Claude Amiard(733),     Faculté de Pharmacie de Nantes, Service d’Ecotoxicologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 44035 Nantes Cedex, France

Claude Amiard-Triquet(733),     Faculté de Pharmacie de Nantes, Service d’Ecotoxicologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 44035 Nantes Cedex, France

Melvin E. Andersen(577),     Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

H. Babich(463),     Stern College, Yeshiva University, New York, New York 10033

Asim K. Bej(309),     Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294

Wolfgang Boedeker(15),     Institut für Zellbiologie, Biochemie, und, Biotechnologie, Universität Bremen, 2800 Bremen 33, Germany

Robert S. Boethling(55),     Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460

György M. Böhm(265),     School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246, Brazil

David L. Brown(233),     Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5

Monique Cadrin(233),     Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5

John Cairns, Jr.(627),     Department of Biology, and University Center for Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Johnny L. Carson(527),     Department of Pediatrics, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

Vincent Castranova(213),     National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505

Clarence R. Collier(521),     School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033

Deborah A. Cory-Slechta(411),     Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14627

John E. Craighead(399),     Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Colchester, Vermont 05446

Brenda Cuccerini(505),     School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20037

Devra Lee Davis(463),     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201

José L. Domingo(705),     Laboratory of Toxicology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 43201, Spain

Alan M. Ducatman(81),     Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

Daniel Dziedzic(99),     Biomedical Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan 48090

Bernd Elsenhans(431),     Walther Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen, D-8000 Munich 2, Germany

A.J. Englande, Jr.(333),     Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Anna M. Fan(563),     Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Berkeley, California 94704

Michael Faust(15),     Institut für Zellbiologie, Biochemie, und Biotechnologie, Universität Bremen, 2800 Bremen 33, Germany

Wolfgang Forth(431),     Walther Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen, D-8000 Munich 2, Germany

Robert A. Frakes(293),     Maine Department of Human Services, Augusta, Maine 04333

Silvana Galassi(491),     Water Research Institute, Brugherio, Italy, Department of Biology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

John F. Gamble(183),     Occupational Health and Epidemiology Division, Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc., East Millstone, New Jersey 08875

Christopher J. Gordon(693),     Neurotoxicology Division, Health Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711

William F. Grant(591),     Department of Plant Science, MacDonald Campus of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9

G.D. Griffin(681),     Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

L. Horst Grimme(15),     Institut für Zellbiologie, Biochemie, und, Biotechnologie, Universität Bremen, 2800 Bremen 33, Germany

Kenneth B. Gross(99),     Biomedical Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratory, Warren, Michigan 48090

P.J. (Bert) Hakkinen(145),     Paper Technology Division, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224

Darryl Hawker(45),     Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia

Edwin E. Herricks(69),     Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Lebelle R. Hicks(293),     Maine Department of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine 04333

G. Richard Hogan(649),     College of Science and Technology, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301

Katherine Hunting(505),     School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20037

Gary E. Isom(161),     Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.12.2012
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Morton Corn
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-323-13955-8 / 0323139558
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-13955-7 / 9780323139557