Handbook on the toxicology of metals. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Gunnar F. Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, Monica Nordberg.
• Editors: Nordberg, Gunnar; Fowler, Bruce A; Nordberg, Monica
• Contents: V. I: General considerations. Toxicology of metals: overview, definitions, concepts, and trends -- General chemistry, sampling, analytical methods, and speciation -- Routes of exposure, dose, and toxicokinetics of metals -- Toxicity of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles -- Toxicity of metals released from implanted medical devices -- Toxic metals in food -- Exposure assessment, forward and reverse dosimetry -- Biological monitoring and biomarkers -- Selected molecular mechanisms of metal toxicity and carcinogenicity -- General considerations of dose-effect and dose-response relationships -- Interactions and mixtures in metal toxicology -- Gene-environment interactions for metals -- Epidemiological approaches to metal toxicology -- Essential metals: assessing risks from deficiency and toxicity -- Neurotoxicology of metals -- Cardiovascular disease -- Renal effects of exposure to metals -- Carcinogenicity of metal compounds -- Immunotoxicology of metals -- Effects of metallic elements on reproduction and development -- Ecotoxicology of metals: sources, transport, and effects on the ecosystem -- Risk assessment -- Diagnosis and treatment of metal poisoning: general aspects -- Principles for prevention of the toxic effects of metals -- Metal toxicology in developing countries -- v. 2: Specific metals. Aluminum -- Antimony -- Arsenic -- Barium -- Beryllium -- Bismuth -- Cadmium -- Chromium -- Cobalt -- Copper -- Gallium and gallium semiconductor compounds -- Germanium -- Gold and gold mining -- Indium -- Iridium -- Iron -- Lanthanum -- Lead -- Lithium -- Manganese -- Mercury -- Molybdenum -- Nickel -- Palladium -- Platinum -- Rhodium -- Selenium -- Silver -- Tellurium -- Thallium -- Tin -- Titanium -- Tungsten -- Uranium -- Vanadium -- Zinc.
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: London, UK : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xliii, 1385, 31 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 615.9/253; Metals -- Toxicology; Metals -- toxicity; Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects; MEDICAL -- Pharmacology; Metals -- Toxicology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780123973399; 0123973392
• Related ISBNs: 9780444594532; 0444594531; 9780123982926; 0123982928; 9780123982933; 0123982936
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.