Research Catalog

Title

Biomarkers : medical and workplace applications / Mortimer L. Mendelsohn, Lawrence C. Mohr, and John P. Peeters, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Mendelsohn, Mortimer L.
• Mohr, Lawrence C., 1947-
• Peeters, John P., 1958-

Description

vii, 456 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Occupational Exposure
• Environmental Monitoring
• Biomarkers
• Occupational Diseases > diagnosis
• Environmental Pollutants > adverse effects
• Congress
• Biochemical markers > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Susceptibility Biomarkers in the Workplace: Historical Perspective / Michael Gochfeld -- Epidemiological Validation of Biomarkers of Early Biological Effect and Susceptibility / Paul A. Schulte and Nathaniel Rothman -- Finding a Biomarker Is a First Step / Rogene F. Henderson -- Practical Uses of Biomarkers in Population Studies / Geoffrey R. Howe -- Technical Aspects of the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Method for Tooth Enamel Dosimetry / Marc F. Desrosiers and Alexander A. Romanyukha -- Validation of Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Tooth Enamel to Estimate Gamma-Ray Exposure in Atomic Bomb Survivors / Nori Nakamura, Chuzo Miyazawa and Shozo Sawada [et al.] -- Measuring Bone Lead as a Biomarker of Cumulative Lead Dose Using K X-Ray Fluorescence / Howard Hu, Rokho Kim and Gail Fleischaker [et al.] -- Technologies for Measuring Recent Exposures: Volatile Chemicals and the E2R Monitor / Karla D. Thrall and Donald V. Kenny --
• DNA Adducts Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry / Kenneth W. Turteltaub, Chitra Mani and Karen H. Dingley [et al.] -- Use of Chromosome Translocations for Measuring Prior Environmental Exposures in Humans / James D. Tucker -- Use of DNA Adducts in Biomonitoring / Kari Hemminki, Vladimir Bykov and Ke Yang [et al.] -- Risk Assessment Biomarkers for Alkylating Agents and Aromatic Amines Based on a Reference Value Concept / Leopold W. Miksche and Juergen Lewalter -- Somatic Mutations as Multipurpose Biomarkers / Richard J. Albertini -- Acetyltransferase Polymorphisms and Disease Susceptibility / Christine B. Ambrosone and Fred F. Kadlubar -- Glutathione S-Transferase Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Cancer / Brian Ketterer -- Ethnic Variation and Genetic Susceptibility: Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / David J. Jollow and David C. McMillan -- Genetic Susceptibility to Tobacco-Related Lung Cancer / Peter G. Shields --
• Elevated Plasma Cotinine as a Quantitative Biomarker of Tobacco Smoke Exposure / Linda D. Youngman -- The Clara Cell Protein, CC16: A Biomarker of Pulmonary Toxicity / Alfred Bernard, Fabrice Broeckaert and Cedric Hermans [et al.] -- Beryllium Biomarkers: Application of Immunologic, Inflammatory, and Genetic Tools / Lee S. Newman -- Biomarkers of Acquired Immunity as Indicators of Prior Environmental Exposures / Robert F. Vogt, Jr., Wanda E. Whitfield and Richard J. Jackson [et al.] -- Patterns of Tubular Proteinuria from Metals and Solvents / Richard P. Wedeen, Iris Udasin and Nancy Fiedler [et al.] -- Characterizing Reproductive Risks Using Biomarkers of Reproductive Toxicity / Donald R. Mattison, Sati Mazumdar and Yikang Xu [et al.] -- Biomarkers and Mechanisms of Human Radiation Carcinogenesis / Mortimer L. Mendelsohn and Donald A. Pierce -- Mutant Oncoprotein Biomarkers in Chemical Carcinogenesis / Yongliang Li, Marina Asherova and Marie-Jeanne Marion [et al.] --
• Biological Markers of Aflatoxin B[subscript 1] in Hepatocellular Cancer in Taiwan / Regina M. Santella, Chien-Jen Chen and Yu-Jing Zhang [et al.] -- Biomarkers of Leukemia Risk from Benzene / Martyn T. Smith and Nathaniel Rothman -- Use of Biomarkers in Occupational Medicine / Robert J. McCunney -- Implications of Genetic Testing for Medical Examinations in the Workplace / Myron C. Harrison -- Current and Potential Applications of Genetic Biomarkers Within the Military / Barry H. Thompson, Philip L. Ross and Michael A. Marino [et al.] -- Biomarkers in the Courtroom / Franklin M. Zweig -- Ethical Issues of Genetic Testing for Workers / Eula Bingham -- Biomarkers in Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Control: Lead, Asbestos, Carbon Monoxide, and Benzene / Michael A. McMenamin and Bernard D. Goldstein.

ISBN

0309064228 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98003882

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries