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To you the reader, the joy of discovery begins, for We continue in our goal of providing a text which us the job is done. In this edition, we have corrected is useful, not only to the clinician, but of equal interest past deficiencies, added new topics, expanded infor- to the investigator. The selection of content has been mation regarding the pediatric age group, provided directed at topics of current interest rather than those up to date (March 2003) references, while remaining of historic contribution. We have stressed the cont- true to our concept of a multi-national author book. bution of cell biology and pathophysiology, were it We continue to believe that scientific information is an ...
About 1900 abstracts of monographs and articles. Some foreign literature is included. Entries are arranged alphabetically by authors under topics. Author, title, subject, and geographic location indexes.
This informative book is valuable to a broad spectrum of individuals active in the environmental and health sciences, including chemists, epidemiologists, and mathematics modelers, as well as those involved with measurement and effects of numerous kinds of drinking water contamination and both indoor and ambient air pollution. Environmental researchers involved with human exposure to toxic substances, regulators and administrators will also find this work of value.
A systematic survey of the dibenzanthracenes and of their chemical, physiochemical, and biological properties, this book treats the nomenclature, the chemical and physical properties, and the synthesis and preparation of the five principal isomers of the dibenzanthracene series: dibenz (a, h), dibenz (a, c), dibenz (a, j), anthracene, benzo(a)naphthacene, and pentacene. Other chapters are devoted to their occurrence and analysis in the environment, in industrial processes and effluents, and in foodstuffs. T second part addresses their biological activity and reviews the metabolism, cellular interactions, toxicology, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity of the dibenzanthracenes. The final chapter is devoted to structure-activity relationships in this class of the aromatic compounds.