Environmental Biomonitoring Exposure

Reviews monitoring strategies for environmental pollutants. Describes research on trace elements in biological systems. Features a discussion of exposure assessment of environmental pollutants. Explores the emerging role of environmental specimen banking and discusses recent developments in biomarkers.

Preface

ix

1. Environmental Biomonitoring and Specimen Banking: Bioanalytical Perspectives

1

(18)

G. V. Iyengar

K. S. Subramanian

MONITORING

19

(77)

2. General Aspects of Heavy Metal Monitoring by Plants and Animals

19

(11)

Bernd Markert

Jorg Oehlmann

Mechthild Roth

3. Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy in the Analysis of the Trace Metal Distribution in the Annual Growth Rings of Trees

30

(12)

R. R. Martin

E. Furimsky

Jinesh Jain

W. M. Skinner

4. Human Hair and Lichen: Activities Involving the Use of Biomonitors in International Atomic Energy Agency Programs on Health-Related Environmental Studies

42

(7)

Susan F. Stone

5. The Silver Content of the Ascidian Pyura Stolonifera as an Indicator of Sewage Pollution of the Metropolitan Beaches of Sydney, Australia

49

(8)

T. M. Florence

J. L. Stauber

L. S. Dale

L. Jones

6. The Moose (Alces alces L.), A Fast and Sensitive Monitor of Environmental Changes

57

(8)

A. Frank

V. Galgan

7. Use of Manganese Concentration in Bivalves as an Indicator of Water Pollution in Japanese Brackish Lakes

65

(12)

Yoshiko Yano

8. Mutagenesis and Acute Toxicity Studies on Saliva-Leached Components of Chewing Tobacco and Simulated Urine Using Bioluminescent Bacteria

77

(6)

Shane S. Que Hee

9. Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Bear Lake Sediment

83

(13)

Min Qi, S. Bierenga

J. Carson

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

96

(88)

10. Challenges to Health from the Major Environmental Chemical Contaminants in the Saint Lawrence River

96

(9)

S. Raman

K. S. Subramanian

11. Body Burden Concentrations in Humans in Response to Low Environmental Exposure to Trace Elements

105

(10)

Jane L. Valentine

12. Placenta: Elemental Composition, and Potential as a Biomarker for Monitoring Pollutants to Assess Environmental Exposure

115

(20)

K. S. Subramanian

G. V. Iyengar

13. Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, and Cesium-137 Concentrations in Blood, Urine, or Placenta from Mothers and Newborns Living in Arctic Areas of Russia and Norway

135

(16)

J. O. Odland

N. Romanova

G. Sand

Y. Thomassen

B. Salbu

Eiliv Lund

E. Nieboer

14. Total Mercury and Methylmercury Levels in Scalp Hair and Blood of Pregnant Women Residents of Fishing Villages in the Eighth Region of Chile

151

(27)

Carlos G. Bruhn

Aldo A. Rodriguez

Carlos A. Barrios

Victor H. Jaramillo

Jose Becerra

Nuri T. Gras

Ernesto Nunez

Olga C. Reyes

15. Personal Exposure to Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide

178

(6)

Toshihiro Kawamoto

Koji Matsuno

Keiichi Arashidani

Yasushi Kodama

BIOMARKERS

184

(36)

16. Biomarkers of Inherited and Acquired Susceptibility to Toxic Substances

184

(6)

E. Nieboer

17. Biological Monitoring and Genetic Polymorphism

190

(5)

Toshihiro Kawamoto

Yasushi Kodama

18. Biomarkers Used for Assessment of Cancer Risk in Populations Living in Areas of High Potential Carcinogenic Hazard (Near Communal and Chemical Waste Dumping Sites)

195

(11)

J. A. Indulski

W. Lutz

19. Molecular Epidemiology in Cancer Risk Assessment

206

(14)

J. A. Indulski

W. Lutz

SPECIMEN BANKING

220

(59)

20. Environmental Specimen Banking and Analytical Chemistry: An Overview

220

(26)

G. V. Iyengar

K. S. Subramanian

21. Environmental Specimen Banking: Contributions to Quality Management of Environmental Measurements

246

(8)

Rolf Zeisler

22. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Tissue Banking

254

(7)

E.-H. W. Kluge

K. S. Subramanian

23. Establishing Baseline Levels of Elements in Marine Mammals Through Analysis of Banked Liver Tissues

261

(10)

Paul R. Becker

Elizabeth A. Mackey

Rabia Demiralp

Barbara J. Koster

Stephen A. Wise

24. A Pilot Biological Environmental Specimen Bank in China

271

(8)

P. Q. Zhang

C. F. Chai

X. L. Lu

Q. F. Qian

W. Y. Feng

INDEXES

279

Author Index

279

(1)

Affiliation Index

279

(1)

Subject Index

280

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