Toxicology of Metals, Volume I

A comprehensive presentation of metal toxicology, this book discusses not only metals but also toxic endpoints, such as neurotoxicity, renal toxicity, and cancer induction. It represents a collaborative effort of top scientists in the field and provides monitoring and assessment guidelines for metal contaminants in waters and sediments, air, and soil. The expert contributors discuss metal-metal interactions and essential element influences on metal toxicity, examine metal-mediated oxidative DNA damage, metal-induced gene expression, and neoplastic transformations. The chapters also offer extensive coverage of clinical aspects of human exposure to widespread and toxicology significant metals.