Chemical Brain Injury
Published on 22. January 1998
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-471-29214-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the author's work with patients and communities suffering from brain injuries resulting from environmental exposures to chemicals, this text presents the scientific evidence for neurotoxic effects of a variety of commonly used chemicals on the human brain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
936 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-29214-2 (9780471292142)
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Previous edition
K. Kilburn
Chemical Brain Injury
Book
02/1998
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
€103.35
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Content
Introduction - the brain's new chemical plaques mimic ageing; neurobehavioural effects and exposure epidemiology; methods for measuring neurobehavioural function and for deriving prediction equations for tests in people unexposed versus those exposed to chemicals; chemically exposed patients; hydrogen sulphide exposure from refineries in cities; chlorine and cresylate from a train derailment; adverse effects from hydrogen chloride; effects of airborne arsenic at Bryan-College station, Texas; neurobehavioural effects of residential chlordane; visual and neurobehavioural impairment associated with polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs); exposures to chemical mixtures rich in trochloroethylene - residential and occupational; combustion - toluene rich vapour exposure; aluminium recycling vinyl chloride and other contaminants; diesel exhaust; mechanisms of brain damage from chemicals; prognosis and treatment; future of neurotoxicology; protecting brains worldwide strategies.