Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects IV
Subtitle: Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, 18-22 July, 2000, San Diego, USA
Contributors: Abernathy, C. O.; Calderon, R. L.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780080523057
Subjects: Congresses. Arsenic; Toxicology; Environmental aspects; Congresses; Arsenic
Description: This collected volume of authoritative articles represents the state-of-the-art in arsenic research. Arsenic experts from around the world, participants in the Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects organized by the Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health in 2000, present their critical findings. A vital contribution to arsenic study and policy making, this volume examines the global impact of the toxin and discusses arsenic in the environment, mechanisms of arsenic metabolism and carcinogenesis, water treatment technology, and medical care. Arsenic Exp.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects IV; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Obituary: Kurt J. Irgolic 1938-1999; PART I: OCCURRENCE AND EXPOSURE; PART II: HEALTH EFFECTS EPIDEMIOLOGY; PART III: BIOMARKERS; PART IV: MECHANISMS; PART V: METABOLISM; PART VI: INTERVENTION ANDMEDICAL TREATMENT; Author Index; Keyword Index.