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Dioxins and Health: Including Other Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disruptors, Third Edition

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Year
2012
ISBN
9780470605295, 9781118184141
DOI
10.1002/9781118184141
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3761643 bytes)
Pages
659\659
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

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Explores the latest science on dioxins and other POPs, and their impact on human health Now in its third edition, Dioxins and Health is the most respected reference of its kind, presenting the latest scientific findings on dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls and related compounds, and their impact on human health. The book fully examines the many toxicological effects—including immunological, neurological, developmental, dermatological, and cardiological—these chemicals have on health. This Third Edition has been greatly expanded with the latest research findings on dioxins and related compounds. Moreover, it now includes coverage of other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and endocrine disruptors, including: Brominated flame retardants, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane Perfluorinated chemicals such as perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid Other endocrine disrupting chemicals similar to POPs such as bisphenol A Readers will also learn about the latest findings on the long-term impacts caused by the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Other chapters review the Seveso disaster in Italy and the Yusho and Yucheng rice oil poisoning incidents in Japan and Taiwan. In addition, there is a full chapter dedicated to the dioxin poisoning of former Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko. All the chapters in the book have been written by leading international experts. References at the end of each chapter guide readers to the primary literature in the field. Expertly organized in one volume, Dioxins and Health offers readers quick access to essential information about dioxins and related compounds written in clear, simple language that is accessible to not only scientists, clinicians and public health professionals, but also general readers.Content: Chapter 1 Persistent Organic Pollutants: An Overview (pages 1–35): Daniele Wikoff, Lauren Fitzgerald and Linda BirnbaumChapter 2 Toxicity Equivalence Factors for Dioxin and Related Compounds (pages 37–52): Michael DevitoChapter 3 Historic and Newer Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food (pages 53–88): Janice HuweChapter 4 Flame Retardants: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and their Replacements (pages 89–108): Thomas F. Webster and Heather M. StapletonChapter 5 Pharmacokinetics of 2,3,7,8?Tetrachlorodibenzo?P?Dioxin and Related Compounds (pages 109–169): James R. OlsonChapter 6 Immunomodulation by Persistent Organic Pollutants (pages 171–192): Robert W. Luebke, Jamie C. Dewitt, Dori R. Germolec, Keith D. Salazar and Nancy I. KerkvlietChapter 7 Developmental Neurotoxicity of Dioxins (pages 193–227): G. Jean Harry and Pamela J. LeinChapter 8 Epidemiological Evidence on the Health Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (pages 229–253): Kyle Steenland, Tony Fletcher and David A. SavitzChapter 9 Polybrominated Dibenzo?P?Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (pages 255–302): Kurunthachalam Kannan, Chunyang Liao and Hyo?Bang MoonChapter 10 Epidemiological Studies on Cancer and Exposure to Dioxins and Related Compounds (pages 303–358): Lennart Hardell and Mikael ErikssonChapter 11 Reproductive and Developmental Epidemiology of Dioxins (pages 359–379): Anne Sweeney, Deborah J. del Junco, Marcella Warner and Brenda EskenaziChapter 12 Bisphenol A (pages 381–413): Thaddeus T. Schug, Sarah A. Vogel, Laura N. Vandenberg, Joe M. Braun, Russ Hauser, Julia A. Taylor, Frederick S. Vom Saal and Jerold J. HeindelChapter 13 Phthalates: Human Exposure and Related Health Effects (pages 415–443): John D. Meeker and Kelly K. FergusonChapter 14 The Seveso Accident (pages 445–467): Angela Cecilia Pesatori and Pier Alberto BertazziChapter 15 Agent Orange: Health and Environmental Issues in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos (pages 469–520): Susan Hammond and Arnold SchecterChapter 16 The Yusho and Yucheng Rice Oil Poisoning Incidents (pages 521–551): Yoshito Masuda and Arnold SchecterChapter 17 The Binghamton, New York, Electrical Transformer Fire Incident of 1981 (pages 553–566): Nancy Kim and Arnold SchecterChapter 18 The Yushchenko Dioxin Poisoning: Chronology and Pharmacokinetics (pages 567–577): John Jake RyanChapter 19 POPs and Human Health Risk Assessment (pages 579–618): David T. Szabo and Anne E. Loccisano

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