Toxicology of organophosphate and carbamate compounds /

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Gupta, Ramesh C. (Ramesh Chandra), 1949- (Editor)
Published: Elsevier Academic Press,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120885237
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 763 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080543109
0080543103
9780120885237
0120885239
Index Number: RA1270
CLC: S482.3
Contents: Cover -- Toxicology of Organophosphate and Carbamate Compounds -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Section I: Uses, Abuses, & Epidemiology -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Classification and Uses of Organophosphates and Carbamates -- Chapter 3. Therapeutic Uses of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Chapter 4. Coadministration of Memantine with Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Preclinical and Clinical Evidence -- Chapter 5. Cholinesterase Inhibitors as Chemical Warfare Agents: Community Preparedness Guidelines -- Chapter 6. Organophosphates and the Gulf War Syndrome -- Chapter 7. The Bhopal Accident and Methyl Isocyanate Toxicity -- Chapter 8. Global Epidemiology of Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisonings -- Section II: Pharmacokinetics & Metabolism -- Chapter 9. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides -- Chapter 10. Metabolism of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides -- Chapter 11. Interspecies Variation in Toxicity of Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Section III: Esterases, Receptors, Mechanisms, & Tolerance Development -- Chapter 12. Structure and Function of Cholinesterases -- Chapter 13. Cholinesterase Pharmacogenetics -- Chapter 14. Methods for Measuring Cholinesterase Activities in Human Blood -- Chapter 15. Interactions of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Compounds with Cholinesterases -- Chapter 16. Structure, Function, and Regulation of Carboxylesterases -- Chapter 17. Noncholinesterase Mechanisms of Central and Peripheral Neurotoxicity: Muscarinic Receptors and Other Targets -- Chapter 18. Paraoxonase Polymorphisms and Toxicity of Organophosphates -- Chapter 19. Tolerance Development to Toxicity of Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Section IV: Organ Toxicity -- Chapter 20. Central Nervous System Effects and Neurotoxicity -- Chapter 21. Developmental Neurotoxicity of Organophosphates: A Case Study of Chlorpyrifos -- Chapter 22. In Vitro Models for Testing Organophosphate-lnduced Neurotoxicity and Remediation -- Chapter 23. Electrophysiological Mechanisms in Neurotoxicity of Organophosphates and Carbamates -- Chapter 24. Behavioral Toxicity of Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Chapter 25. Peripheral Nervous System Effects and Delayed Neuropathy -- Chapter 26. Intermediate Syndrome in Organophosphate Poisoning -- Chapter 27. Cardiovascular Toxicity of Cholinesterase lnhibitors -- Chapter 28. Pulmonary Toxicity of Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Chapter 29. Approaches to Defining and Evaluating the Inhalation Pharmacology and Toxicology Hazards of Anticholinesterases -- Chapter 30. Dermal Absorption/Toxicity of Organophosphates and Carbamates -- Chapter 31. Local and Systemic Ophthalmic Pharmacology and Toxicology of Organophosphate and Carbamate Anticholinesterases -- Chapter 32. Reproductive Toxicity of Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides -- Chapter 33. Placental Toxicity of Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides -- Chapter 34. Endocrine Disruption by Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides -- Chapter 35. Organophosphates, Carbamates, and the Immune System -- Section V: Nonspecific To.