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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...
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Elsevier/North Holland,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1979. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Developments in toxicology and environmental science ;
v. 4 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444002884 |
| Summary: |
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 in the broad field of Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, followed by free discussions by all participants. This volume contains 47 papers and begins by tracing the history of the Inter-American Conferences. Subsequent chapters present papers on topics such as legal and scientific concerns over fo. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 480 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483165202 1483165205 |
| Index Number: | RA1191 |
| CLC: | R99-53 |
| Contents: |
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. |