Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals - Clarkson, Thomas W.; Friberg, Lars.; Nordberg, Gunnar F.; Sager, Polly R.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1988)
Overview -- Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals - Overview -- Invited Papers -- Session 1. Introduction -- Biological Monitoring -- The Need and Feasibility of Environmental and Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health -- Quality Assurance -- Overview of Models Used in Biological Monitoring -- Session 2. Specific Metals -- Biological Monitoring of Cadmium -- Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Inorganic Lead -- Mercury -- The Prediction of Intake of Mercury Vapor from Amalgams -- Nickel -- Manganese -- Arsenic -- Biological Monitoring of Aluminum -- Biological Monitoring of Antimony -- Chromium -- Selenium -- Biological Monitoring of Cobalt -- Biological Monitoring of Tin -- Biological Monitoring of Vanadium -- Session 3. Metals Used in Advanced High Technology -- Metals and Semi-Metals in the Semiconductor Device Technologies -- Toxicology of the Group III-V Intermetallic Semiconductor, Gallium Arsenide -- Mechanisms of Indium, Thallium, and Arsine Gas Toxicity: Relationships to Biological Indicators of Cell Injury -- Session 4. Trends in Analytical Methods -- Analytical Methods and Quality Control for Trace Metal Determinations: A Critical Review of the State of the Art -- In Vivo Monitoring of Toxic Metals: Assessment of Neutron Activation and X-Ray Fluorescence Techniques -- Session 5. Biological Media - Their Advantages and Pitfalls When Used in Biological Monitoring -- Biological Monitoring of Urine for Exposure to Toxic Metals -- Histological and Urinalysis Assessment of Nephrotoxicity Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Normal and Uninepnrectomized Rats -- The Use of Blood in the Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals -- Biological Monitoring of the Human Placenta -- The Toxicological Importance of Lead in Bone: The Evolution and Potential Uses of Bone Lead Measurements by X-Ray Fluorescence to Evaluate Treatment Outcomes in Moderately Lead Toxic Children -- Hair and Nails: Advantages and Pitfalls When Used in Biological Monitoring -- Biological Media - Their Advantages and Pitfalls When Used in Biological Monitoring - Feces -- Practical Problems of Collecting Samples of Biological Media in Developing Countries -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Author Index.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Waste management; Ecotoxicology; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Ecotoxicology