Medical toxicology Books

Book SynopsisAluminium is the most abundant metal ion in the biosphere and we are continuously exposed to it in our everyday life through food, beverages, pharmaceutical products, etc. This book is a current and comprehensive review of the biochemistry, metabolism and toxicity of aluminium undertaken by an international group of authors, many of whom are outstanding authorities in their respective fields. In contrast with previous books on this topic, much of the subject matter is unique, in that it is primarily directed at aluminium nutrition and toxicity in infants and children. This book covers many aspects of aluminium toxicity in infants including for instance the embryo-fetal as well as the neurodevelopmental effects of this element, contamination of pharmaceutical products, and individual sensitivity through vaccines using aluminium as an adjuvant.This book will be especially useful to paediatricians, paediatric nephrologists & neurologists, nutritionists, toxicologists, biochemical toxicologists and postgraduate students.Table of ContentsPart 1 Chemistry, biochemistry and physiology: the importance of aluminium chemistry in biological systems, R.B. Martin; aluminium-26 as a biological tracer using accelerator mass spectrometry, R. Flack and D. Elmore; aluminium toxicity depends on the metal speciation, P.F. Zatta and P. Zambenedetti; aluminium metabolism, A.C. Alfrey; aluminium and iron relationship - pathophysiological and clinical overview, J.B. Cannata Andia. Part 2 Paediatrics: aluminium in infancy, K. Simmer; aluminium toxicity in infants, M. McGraw; aluminium-related bone disease in children with renal failure, B.D. Kuizon and I.B. Salusky; aluminium and antiacids in infants, J.W.L. Puntis; development and aluminium experimental toxicity, J.L. Domingo. Part 3 Paediatric pharmacology: aluminium content of parental nutrition products, G.L. Klein; aluminium content in the intravenous treatment in infants, A. Moreno et al; aluminium in human albumin solutions, B. Gammelgaard and O. Jons; reduction of aluminium levels in albumin products, Y. Uemura et al; toxicity of aluminium compounds as an adjuvant for vaccines, N. Goto; a public health analysis of dietary aluminium, S. Humphreys and P.M. Bolger.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the entire spectrum of health effects induced by chronic arsenic poisoning, which is prevalent in more than 30 countries due to the use of unclean underground water, a result of surface water pollution and shortage. This environmental health disaster has been considered more catastrophic than the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion in the former Soviet Union and the Bhopal chemical plant explosion in India.All contributors to this review volume have done extensive research on arsenic poisoning and published excellent papers in internationally well-known journals. Health Hazards of Environmental Arsenic Poisoning includes reviews of the state-of-the-art literature and cutting-edge scientific evidence on arsenic-related health effects. It is also an important source of valuable information for health care workers, environmental scientists and epidemiologists, as well as public health practitioners.Table of ContentsEpidemic of Arseniasis in the World (C J Chen); Skin Lesions: Hyperpigmentation, Hyperkeratosis and Cancer; Mortality Trend in Blackfoot Disease-endemic Area (C U Yang); Urothelial Cancer (Y S Pu); Lung Cancer (C J Chen); Blackfoot Disease and Microcirculation Abnormality (C H Tseng); Carotid Atherosclerosis and Ischemic Heart Disease (C H Wang); Cerebrovascular Disease (H Y Chiou); Hypertension and Diabetes (S L Wang); Cataract (L C See); Neurological Disorders (H P Tseng); Methylation Capability and Arseniasis (Y M Hsueh).

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