Clinical Environmental Health and Toxic Exposures is the most comprehensive and authoritative text in the rapidly evolving field of environmental toxicology.

Contents

Section I: General Principles of Environmental Health

• Environment and Health: Going into the Twenty-First Century
• Environmental Sciences: Pollutant Fate and Transport in the Environment
• Principles of Environmental and Occupational Hazard Assessment
• Principles of Toxicology
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Principles of Risk Assessment

Section II: Prevention, Regulatory, Safety, and Legal Issues

• Laws and Regulations Regarding Hazardous Materials
• Medical Surveillance and Medical Screening for Toxic Exposure
• Hazard Communication and Material Safety Data Sheets
• Environmental Contamination and Minority Communities
• Personal Protection and Hazardous Materials
• Recognition of Hazardous Materials
• Radiation and Radioactive Emergencies
• United States-Mexico Environmental Health Issues

Section III: The Individual and Organ Systems

• Clinical Dermatotoxicology
• Clinical Pulmonary Toxicology
• Acute Pulmonary Injury
• Clinical Hepatotoxicity
• Clinical Neurotoxicology and Neurobehavioral Toxicology
• Clinical Cardiac Toxicology
• Clinical Ocular Toxicology
• Clinical Renal Toxicology
• Teratogenesis and Reproductive Toxicology
• Carcinogeneses, Mutagenesis, and Genotoxicity
• Clinical Immunotoxicology and Allergy
• Clinical Rheumatologic Diseases
• Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
• Clinical Hematotoxicology
• Olfactory and Nasal Toxicology
• Neuropsychological Evaluation of Toxic Exposures
• Psychological Sequelae of Hazardous Materials Exposures
• Low-Level Chemical Sensitivity and Chemical Intolerance

Section IV: Environmental Health Hazards of Business, Industry, Sites, and Locations

• Semiconductor Manufacturing Hazards
• Plastic Manufacturing
• Tire and Rubber Manufacturing Industry
• Automobile Airbag Hazards
• Aerospace Industry Exposure Hazards
• Hazards of Biotechnology
• Dental Health Care Hazards
• Toxic Hazards of Mining and Smelting
• Pneumoconioses
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Diseases of International Travel and Remote Sites
• Pulp and Paper Industry Hazards
• Hazardous-Waste Disposal and Waste Treatment
• Hazards of Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing
• Health Care Facility Hazards
• Construction Industry Hazards
• Medical Waste and Blood-Borne Pathogen Exposures
• Toxic Hazards of Firefighters and Combustion Toxicology
• Hazards of Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Sewage, and Sludge
• Agricultural Hazards
• Indoor Environmental Quality and Health

Section V: Specific Health Hazards and Toxins

• Hydrogen Cyanide and Inorganic Cyanide Salts
• Hydrogen Sulfide
• Carbon Monoxide
• Methemoglobin-Forming Compounds
• Halogenated Solvents, Trichlorethylene, and Methylene Chloride
• Benzene and Other Hematotoxins
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Polyhalogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Polychlorodibenzodioxins and Polychlorodibenzofurans
• Inorganic Acids and Bases
• Organic Acids and Bases
• Hydrofluoric Acid Exposures
• Ozone
• Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur
• Gasoline and Oxygenated Additives
• Crude Oil
• Middle Distillates and Residual Fuels
• Petroleum Lubricants, Asphalt, and Coke
• Arsenic
• Mercury
• Lead
• Cadmium
• Copper
• Zinc
• Nickel
• Platinum and Related Metals: Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium, and Ruthenium
• Beryllium
• Chromium
• Manganese
• Vanadium, Titanium, and Molybdenum
• Selenium
• Aluminum
• Thallium
• Intermetallic Semiconductors: Arsine, Phosphine, and Inorganic Hydrides
• Oxidizers, Reducing Agents, and Other Highly Reactive Chemicals
• Metal Oxides
• Organometals
• Alkali Metals: Sodium, Potassium, and Lithium
• Reactive Metals
• Acrylamides
• Isocyanates
• Acrylates, Methacrylates, and Cyanoacrylates
• Formaldehyde
• Aldehydes
• Biological Hazards, Biotoxins, and Toxigenic Fungi
• Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticides
• Organochlorine Pesticides
• Fumigants
• Herbicides
• Fungicides and Biocides
• Pyrethrins
• Ethylene Oxide and Propylene Oxide
• Aromatic Solvents
• Solvents and Chemical Intermediate
• Solvents and Chemical Intermediates: Alcohols, Ketones, Esters, and Ethers
• Glycol Ethers
• Carbon Disulfide
• n-Hexane and 2-Hexanone
• Asbestos
• Man-Made Mineral Fibers
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• Creosote, Coal Tar, and Coal Tar Pitch
• Phenols and Phenol Derivatives
• Uranium, Plutonium, and Transuranium Radionuclide Hazards
• Latex

Index

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