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Arsenic: Exposure Sources, Health Risks, and Mechanisms of Toxicity
J. Christopher States
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Description for Arsenic: Exposure Sources, Health Risks, and Mechanisms of Toxicity
Hardcover. A worldwide health problem, arsenic exposure affects over 140 million people. This book discusses arsenic s fundamentals, exposure sources, epidemiology and disease, and toxic mechanisms. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MMGT; PNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1008.
This book illustrates the chemistry, toxicology, and health effects of arsenic using novel modeling techniques, case studies, experimental data, and future perspectives.
• Covers exposure sources, health risks, and mechanisms of one of the most toxic minerals in the world
• Helps readers understand potential health effects of arsenic, using population studies, mammalian and invertebrate models, and pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic models
• Discusses outcomes, epidemiology, real-life examples, and modes of action for arsenic-induced diseases, like lung cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and immunotoxicity
• Acts as a reference for toxicologists, environmental chemists, and risk assessors and includes up-to-date, ... Read more
This book illustrates the chemistry, toxicology, and health effects of arsenic using novel modeling techniques, case studies, experimental data, and future perspectives.
• Covers exposure sources, health risks, and mechanisms of one of the most toxic minerals in the world
• Helps readers understand potential health effects of arsenic, using population studies, mammalian and invertebrate models, and pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic models
• Discusses outcomes, epidemiology, real-life examples, and modes of action for arsenic-induced diseases, like lung cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and immunotoxicity
• Acts as a reference for toxicologists, environmental chemists, and risk assessors and includes up-to-date, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118511145
SKU
V9781118511145
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Ref
99-1
About J. Christopher States
J. Christopher States, PhD, is Professor, University Scholar and Vice Chair for Graduate Education in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Associate Dean for Research in the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. He is a Past President of the Society of Toxicology Metals Specialty Section, on the editorial board of several leading journals, and regularly serves ... Read more
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