Key Features
* Covers up-to-date toxicological information on 31 metallic elements and their compounds, each in a separate chapter
* New chapters on general chemistry, biological monitoring and biomarkers, essential metals, principles for prevention of the toxic effects of metals, and more
Description
Handbook of the Toxicology of Metals is the standard reference work for physicians, toxicologists and engineers in the field of environmental and occupational health. This new edition is a comprehensive review of the effects on biological systems from metallic elements and their compounds. An entirely new structure and illustrations represent the vast array of advancements made since the last edition. Special emphasis has been placed on the toxic effects in humans with chapters on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of metal poisoning. This up-to-date reference provides easy access to a broad range of basic toxicological data and also gives a general introduction to the toxicology of metallic compounds.
Readership
Toxicologists, physicians, and engineers in the fields of environmental and occupational health as well as libraries in these disciplines. Will also be a useful reference for governmental regulatory agencies and public health officers.
Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 3rd Edition
Introduction – General Considerations and International Perspectives
General Chemistry, Sampling, Analytical Methods and Speciation
Routes of Exposure, Dose, and Metabolism of Metals
Biological Monitoring and Biomarkers
Selected Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenicity
General Considerations of Dose-Effect and Dose-Response Relationships
Interactions in Metal Toxicology
Epidemiological Methods for Assessing Dose-Response and Dose-Effect Relationships
Essential Metals: Assessing Risks from Deficiency and Toxicity
Carcinogenicity of Metal Compounds
Immunotoxicology of Metals
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Metals
Ecotoxicology of Metals - Sources, Transport, and Effects in the Ecosystem
Risk Assessment
Diagnosis and Treatment of Metal Poisoning - General Aspects
Principles for Prevention of the Toxic Effects of Metals
Aluminum
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Bismuth
Cadmium
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper
Gallium and Semiconductor Compounds
Germanium
Indium
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Mercury
Molybdenum
Nickel
Palladium
Platinum
Selenium
Silver
Tellurium
Thallium
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Uranium
Vanadium
Zinc
Quotes and reviews
"The handbook is a weighty collection of 47 essays in the fields of toxicology and ecology of metals, reflecting a wide range of specialist knowledge from authors of several parts of theworld. It promotes awareness of health threats of the general public as well as of professionals in various occupations, constituting a valuable reference source for physicians, toxicologists, scientists in several areas, legislators and managers of environmental and occupational safety organizations. The scope of the handbook is wide and multidisciplinary, integrating human and environmental ecology. It is desireable that the handbook will find its way to many bookshelves at hospitals, industrial and governmental libraries
and several research institutes in every part of the world."
-SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
