Description: "Advances in Mercury Toxicology" is a 490 page, 6.75"x10.25" hardcover edited by Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Nobumasa Imura and Thomas W. Clarkson, and published in 1992 by Plenum Press as part of the Rochester Series on Environmental Toxicity. It includes 28 scientific papers presented, by various authors, at the Rochester International Conference in Environmental Toxicity (8/1-3/1990, Tokyo). These are: 1. Increased methylmercury contamination in fish in newly formed freshwater reservoirs 2. Speciation of mercury in the environment 3. Individual difference of methylmercury metabolism in animals and it significance in methylmercury toxicity 4. Mechanisms of urinary excretion of methylmercury 5. Role of glutathione in mercury disposition 6. Mechanism for renal handling of methylmercury 7. Methods for decreasing 203Hg retention in relation to age and route 8. Immunohistochemical localization of metallothionein in organs of rats treated with either cadmium, inorganic or organic mercurials 9. Mercury vapor uptake and oxidoreductases in erythrocytes 10. Differential determination of ionizable and unionizable (inert) forms of inorganic mercury in animal tissues 11. Role of neuronal ion channels in mercury intoxication 12. Role of oxidative injury in the pathogenesis of methylmercury neurotoxicity 13. Alterations in gene expression due to methylmercury in centra land peripheral nervous tissues of the rat 14. Microtubules: a susceptible target of methylmercury cytotoxicity 15. DNA damage by mercury compounds: an overview 16. Possible mechanism of detoxifying effect of selenium on the toxicity of mercury compounds 17. Overview on the protection given by selenium against mercurials 18. Effect of mercuric chloride on angiotensin II-induced Ca++ transient in the proximal tubule of rats 19. Effect of methylmercury on the developing brain 20. Experimental approaches to developmental toxicity of methylmercury 21. Neuropathology of methylmercury intoxication 22. Behavioral toxicology of mercury compounds 23. Effect of methylmercury on sleep patterns in the rat 24. Effect of inorganic mercury on the immune system 25. Exposure to mercury in the population 26. Blood and urinary mercury levels as indicators of exposure to mercury vapor 27. Epidemiological and clinical features of minamata disease 28. Mercury in human ecology The book is in good condition, with no dust jacket (as issued). The laminated boards show rubbing, a couple scratches, a bit of wear at the extremities, sunning to the spine, a bumped back top corner. Three or so pages have green highlighting, one page has underlining, there's an ownership stamp on the front end paper, a few small marks on the content pages. The binding is firm. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.
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Book Title: Advances in Mercury Toxicology
Author: Tsuguyoshi Suzuki
Educational Level: College
Subject: Medicine
Product Type: Textbook
Publisher: Plenum Press
Item Length: 10in.
Item Width: 7in.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publication Year: 1992
Item Weight: 93.5 Oz
Number of Pages: Xxi, 490 Pages
