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Biotechnology risk assessment : issues and methods for environmental introductions /
Biotechnology Risk Assessment: Issues and Methods for Environmental Introductions tackles the environmental concerns associated with utilizing contemporary biotechnology. The title also examines the methods of implementing biotechnology while also minimizing the risks. The text first covers the suit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Elmsford, New York :
Pergamon Press,
1986.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Biotechnology Risk Assessment: Issues and Methods for Environmental Introductions; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Suitability and Applicability of Risk Assessment Methods for Environmental Applications of Biotechnology; BACKGROUND; THE RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; AVAILABLE RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTRODUCTIONS; SUMMARIES OF SELECTED METHOD CATEGORIES; SUITABILITY AND APPLICABILITY OF AVAILABLE METHODS; CONCLUSIONS AND RESEARCH ISSUES; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 2. Methods for Evaluation of Microorganism PropertiesORGANISM PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCE; INVASIVE AND PATHOGENIC PROPERTIES OF MICROORGANISMS; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND PERSISTENCE OF MICROORGANISMS; PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCE OF INTRODUCED GENES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS TO EVALUATE PERSISTENCE; NONCONVENTIONAL METHODS TO EVALUATE PERSISTENCE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Human Exposure and Effects Analysis for Genetically Modified Bacteria; FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN EXPOSURE AND HEALTH RISKS.
- NATURAL INTERACTION OF MICROORGANISMS WITH HUMAN BEINGSAPPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT OF BIOENGINEERED ORGANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT STUDIES USING DIFFERENT MILIEUS; MONITORING OF HUMANS FOR EXPOSURE TO ORGANISMS RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Human Exposure to Viruses and Effects Assessment; BACKGROUND; VIRUSES AS POTENTIAL PESTICIDES; HOST RESPONSE, RISK, AND DETECTION METHODOLOGY; EVALUATION OF DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGY; NEEDED RESEARCH; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Ecological Consequence Assessment: Effects of Bioengineered Organisms.
- AVAILABLE METHODS IN ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTEVALUATION OF TEST METHODS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Assessing the Transport and Fate of Bioengineered Microorganisms in the Environment; OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION ON THE TRANSPORT AND FATE OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; AVAILABLE MODELS FOR QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT: PESTICIDES AND TOXIC CHEMICALS; EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE METHODS FOR MODELING MICROBIAL TRANSPORT AND FATE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Ecosystem Structural and Functional Analysis; STEPS IN ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS; EVALUATION OF METHODS; CONCLUSIONS.