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Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology

Volume 3: Environmental Toxicology

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Andreas Luch

    1. Risk Assessment, German Federal Institute for, Berlin, Germany

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  • Presents milestones and recent achievements in toxicology
  • Update of recent developments
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 101)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Chemical Hazards in the Organisation

    • Chris Winder
    Pages 1-19

  3. Toxicology of Water

    • Xiaowei Zhang, Steve Wiseman, John Giesy
    Pages 21-46

  4. Perfluorinated Compounds

    • Christopher Lau
    Pages 47-86

  5. Toxicologically Relevant Phthalates in Food

    • Oliver Kappenstein, Bärbel Vieth, Andreas Luch, Karla Pfaff
    Pages 87-106

  6. Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Bulky DNA Adducts and Cellular Responses

    • Frank Henkler, Kristin Stolpmann, Andreas Luch
    Pages 107-131

  7. Heavy Metal Toxicity and the Environment

    • Paul B. Tchounwou, Clement G. Yedjou, Anita K. Patlolla, Dwayne J. Sutton
    Pages 133-164

  8. Toxicology of Ambient Particulate Matter

    • Damiën van Berlo, Maja Hullmann, Roel P. F. Schins
    Pages 165-217

  9. Nanomaterials: A Challenge for Toxicological Risk Assessment?

    • Andrea Haase, Jutta Tentschert, Andreas Luch
    Pages 219-250

  10. Immunotoxicology and Its Application in Risk Assessment

    • Andrew A. Rooney, Robert W. Luebke, MaryJane K. Selgrade, Dori R. Germolec
    Pages 251-287

  11. Chemical Sensitization and Allergotoxicology

    • Rosette L. Van Den Heuvel, Nathalie Lambrechts, Sandra Verstraelen, Inge C. Nelissen, Greet E. R. Schoeters
    Pages 289-314

  12. Male Reprotoxicity and Endocrine Disruption

    • Sarah Campion, Natasha Catlin, Nicholas Heger, Elizabeth V. McDonnell, Sara E. Pacheco, Camelia Saffarini et al.
    Pages 315-360

  13. Interspecies Uncertainty in Molecular Responses and Toxicity of Mixtures

    • Moiz M. Mumtaz, Hana R. Pohl
    Pages 361-379

  14. Recent Trends in Statistical QSAR Modeling of Environmental Chemical Toxicity

    • Alexander Tropsha
    Pages 381-411

  15. Chirality and Its Role in Environmental Toxicology

    • Imran Ali, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Mohd Marsin Sanagi, Wan Aini Wan Ibrahim
    Pages 413-436

  16. Genetic Variability in Molecular Responses to Chemical Exposure

    • Chirag J. Patel, Mark R. Cullen
    Pages 437-457

  17. Biomarkers in Toxicology and Risk Assessment

    • Bruce A. Fowler
    Pages 459-470

  18. A Personalized Life: Biomarker Monitoring from Cradle to Grave

    • Harald Jungnickel, Andreas Luch
    Pages 471-498

  19. On the Role of Low-Dose Effects and Epigenetics in Toxicology

    • Lena Smirnova, Alexandra Sittka, Andreas Luch
    Pages 499-550

  20. Hormesis: Improving Predictions in the Low-Dose Zone

    • E. J. Calabrese
    Pages 551-564
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About this book

Environmental Toxicology is the third volume of a three-volume set on molecular, clinical and environmental toxicology that offers a comprehensive and in-depth response to the increasing importance and abundance of chemicals of daily life. By providing intriguing insights far down to the molecular level, this three-volume work covers the entire range of modern toxicology with special emphasis on recent developments and achievements. It is written for students and professionals in medicine, science, public health or engineering who are demanding reliable information on toxic or potentially harmful agents and their adverse effects on the human body.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Risk Assessment, German Federal Institute for, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Luch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3: Environmental Toxicology

  • Editors: Andreas Luch

  • Series Title: Experientia Supplementum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8340-4

  • Publisher: Springer Basel

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-8339-8Published: 22 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-8340-4Published: 07 June 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1664-431X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 574

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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