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Toxicology and occupational medicine : proceedings of the tenth Inter-American Conference on Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Key Biscayne (Miami,) Florida, October 22-25, 1978 /
Toxicology and Occupational Medicine documents the proceedings of the Tenth Inter-American Conference on Toxicology and Occupational Medicine held in Key Biscayne (Miami), Florida, on 22-25 October 1978. The purpose of the conference was the presentation by delegates of research reports on subjects...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Elsevier/North Holland,
1979.
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| Colección: | Developments in toxicology and environmental science ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; TOXICOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Authors; TOXICOLOGYAND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; CHAPTER 1. HISTORY OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCES; RAFAEL PENALVER; CHAPTER 2. LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONCERNS RE CARCINOGENS IN FOOD; CHAPTER 3. TOXICOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN REGULATORY PRACTICE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS TO PROVIDE VALID CONCLUSIONS; INTRODUCTION; RANDOMIZATION AND REPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 5. MERCHANT MARINE INSPECTORS AND CHEMICALS; BACKGROUND.
- Terminologydifficulties; the marine inspector; references; other references; chapter 6. animal reproduction and carcinogenicity studies in relation to human safety evaluation; reproduction; carcinogenicity; references; chapter 7. biological intermediates as research probes in carcinogenesis methodology; introduction; rationale and criteria relevant to exploratory studies utilizing biological intermediates as research probes in dose response studies in carcinogenesis; exceeding physiological requirements; metabolic overloading; dose response curve for selenium.
- Deficiency states
- area of low dosemetabolites produced or endogenous chemicals that may enhance tumorigenesis; susceptible members of population
- malabsorption syndromes
- inborn errors of metabolism; conclusions; references; chapter 8. the predictive value of tests for carcinogenic and mutagenic activity; introduction; investigative tools; validation; predictability of animal tests; differences between animal carcinogens; conclusions; references; chapter 9. suspicion and confidence in toxicology and occupational medicine; references.
- Chapter 10. the hidden carcinogen in the manufacture of isopropyl alcoholintroduction; conclusion; references; chapter 11. carcinogenicity of dapsone and 4,4'-thiodianiline; introduction; materials and methods; discussion; references; chapter 12. mechanism of action of diet as a carcinogen; stomach cancer; colon, breast and prostate cancer; conclusions; acknowledgements; references; chapter 13. plant tannins and esophageal cancer; introduction; field research; occupational risks, alcoholic beverages and tobacco; references.
- Chapter 14. some qualitative and quantitative aspects in the interpretation of chemical carcino genesis dataintroduction; qualitative aspects; quantitative aspects; conclusions; references; chapter 15. organochlorine pesticides and liver cancer deaths in the united states, 1930-1972; ddt; aldrin-dieldrin; prolonged occupational exposure to more than one pesticide; nonoccupational exposure; liver cancer deaths in the continental united states from 1930 to 1970; conclusions; references; chapter 16. the safety of food additives: the dynamics of the issue; assessing the safety of food additives.