The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks
Volume 2: Toxins in Food
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 1992
Book
Hardback
XXIV, 332 pages
978-0-306-44165-3 (ISBN)
Description
Contributors to this second volume discuss metal and toxicant toxicity, their environmental sources and methods of action, and their regulation by courts and agencies.
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Edition
1., 992
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XXIV, 332 p.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
874 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-44165-3 (9780306441653)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-3330-6
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Content
Metals: Methylmercury Neurotoxicity and its Uptake Action Across the BloodBrain Barrier (M. Aschner et al.). Neurotoxic Metals and Neuronal Signalling Processes (D. Minnema). Lead Poisoning, Toxocariasis and Pica (P.J. Donovick, R.G. Burright). Nocardia (B.L. Beaman). Toxicants: Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (R.F. Seegal, W. Shain). Central Nervous System Plasticity and Pathology Induced by Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides (D.H. Overstreet, G. Schiller). Silver Ipregnation of OrganophosphorusInduced Delayed Neuropathy in the Central Nervous System (D. Tanaka et al.). Selected Mechanisms of Action: Acute and Chronic Neurodegenerative Disorders Produced by Dietary Excitotoxins (C.F. Zorumski, J.W. Olney). Formation of Excess Reactive Oxygen Species Within the Brain (S.C. Bondy, C.P. LeBel). Legal Issues: Courts, Agencies, and Social Risk Assessment (C.P. Gillette, J.E. Krier) 7 additional articles. Index.