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Behavioral Toxicology

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. Bernard Weiss

    1. Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

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  2. Victor G. Laties

    1. Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

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Part of the book series: Environmental Science Research (ESRH, volume 5)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Carbon Monoxide and Human Functions

    • Rodney R. Beard, Netta W. Grandstaff
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Effect of Carbon Monoxide on Time Perception, Manual Coordination, Inspection, and Arithmetic

    • Richard D. Stewart, Paul E. Newton, Michael J. Hosko, Jack E. Peterson, James W. Mellender
    Pages 29-60

  4. Preliminary Studies of the Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Vigilance in Man

    • J. F. O’Hanlon
    Pages 61-75

  5. Carbon Monoxide and Human Performance: A Methodological Exploration

    • Warren H. Teichner
    Pages 77-104

  6. The Comparative Effects of Hypoxic and Carbon Monoxide Hypoxia on Behavior

    • Zoltan Annau
    Pages 105-127

  7. The Application of a Computer-Controlled Time Discrimination Performance to Problems in Behavioral Toxicology

    • Barry L. Johnson, W. Kent Anger, James V. Setzer, Charles Xintaras
    Pages 129-153

  8. Behavioral Toxicity of Anticholinesterase Agents: Methodological, Neurochemical, and Neuropsychological Aspects

    • G. Bignami, N. Rosić, H. MichaÅ‚ek, M. MiloÅ¡ević, G. L. Gatti
    Pages 155-215

  9. Behavioral Toxicologic Studies of Dieldrin, DDT, and Ruelene in Sheep

    • Gary A. Van Gelder
    Pages 217-239

  10. Use of Behavioral Techniques in the Assessment of Environmental Contaminants

    • George S. Burt
    Pages 241-263

  11. Utilities and Limitations of Behavioral Techniques in Industrial Toxicology

    • Timothy O. T. Ts’O, Basil K. J. Leong, Maynard B. Chenoweth
    Pages 265-291

  12. Effects of the Inhalation of Cigarette Smoke on Swimming Endurance and Avoidance Behavior in the Rat

    • K. Bättig, P. Driscoll
    Pages 293-309

  13. Behavioral Teratology and Toxicology

    • Joan M. Spyker
    Pages 311-349

  14. Effects of Drugs on Schedule-Controlled Behavior and Cardiovascular Function in the Squirrel Monkey

    • R. T. Kelleher, W. H. Morse, J. A. Herd
    Pages 351-374

  15. Behaviorial, Biochemical, and Morphological Effects of Methamphetamine in the Rhesus Monkey

    • Marian W. Fischman, Charles R. Schuster
    Pages 375-399

  16. Behavioral Assessment of Ototoxicity in Nonhuman Primates

    • William C. Stebbins, Sheryl Coombs
    Pages 401-427

  17. Quantitative Perspectives on the Long-Term Toxicity of Methylmercury and Similar Poisons

    • Bernard Weiss, William Simon
    Pages 429-437

  18. An Overview of Behavioral Toxicology

    • P. B. Dews
    Pages 439-445

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 447-469
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About this book

Behavioral toxicology is a young discipline in the United States; so young, in fact, that this is one of its first books. Behavioral questions are bound to play a major role in future scientific work and governmental decisions involving the health effects of environmental contaminants and other chemicals. This role springs from two key problems that face scientists and public agencies required to set acceptable exposure standards or to determine criteria for the toxicity of therapeutic chemicals: How do you evaluate effects that may show up only as subtle functional disturbances? And how do you de­ tect toxic effects early enough so that they may still be reversible, before they produce major damage? The contributions in this book come from a collection of scientists whose interests span a wide variety of problem areas. The focus is largely on me­ thodological issues because they represent the most immediate concern of the discipline. We expect that this collection of papers will represent a useful source book for behavioral toxicology for some time. For the past few years, the University of Rochester's Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics has sponsored a series of international conferences on chemical toxicity, partly as a response to concern over the con­ sequences to health of the rich chemical soup in which we live. This book is based upon presentations made to the fifth of the series. Held in June, 1972, it was the first formal meeting devoted to behavioral toxicology in this country.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

    Bernard Weiss, Victor G. Laties

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Behavioral Toxicology

  • Editors: Bernard Weiss, Victor G. Laties

  • Series Title: Environmental Science Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2859-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: University of Rochester 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2861-2Published: 02 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2859-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 469

  • Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution

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