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Introduction to neurobehavioral toxicology : food and environment

Title
Introduction to neurobehavioral toxicology : food and environment / edited by R.J.M. Niesink ... [et al.].
Publication
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors
Niesink, Raymundus Johannes Maria, 1953-
Description
471 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
Introduction to Neurobehavioral Toxicology: Food and Environment examines the effects of chemicals on the central and peripheral nervous system and the subsequent changes in behavior, with a focus on the toxicity of food components and behavioral effects of environmental toxicants.
Series Statement
Pharmacology & toxicology
Uniform Title
Pharmacology & toxicology (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Alternative Title
Neurobehavioral toxicology
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Neurobehavioral toxicology and addiction / Donald E. McMillan. 2. Neurobehavioral teratology / Karen D. Acuff-Smith and Charles V. Vorhees. 3. Assessment techniques for detecting neurobehavioral toxicity / Beverly M. Kulig and Rob M. A. Jaspers. 4. Basic principles of disturbed CNS and PNS functions / Gaylia Jean Harry. 5. Behavioral toxicological effects and pathology / Michel Panisset and Donna Mergler. 6. Genetic aspects of neurobehavioral toxicology / Frank R. George -- Pt. II. Factors in food. 7. Assessing neurotoxic hazards of food-related chemicals / Thomas J. Sobotka. 8. Natural food factors / J. D. Mitchell and I. C. Shaw. 9. Neurotoxic food contaminants: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) and related compounds / Susan L. Schantz. 10. Neurotoxic food additives / Paul V. Kaplita -- Pt. III. Environmental contaminants. 11. Neurobehavioral toxicology of environmental contaminants / Deborah C. Rice.
  • 12. Metals / Gerhard Winneke and Hellmuth Lilienthal. 13. Pesticides / Robert C. MacPhail, William F. Sette and Kevin M. Crofton. 14. Organic solvents / Philip J. Bushnell and Kevin M. Crofton.
ISBN
0849378028 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98039870
OCLC
  • 39764034
  • ocm39764034
  • SCSB-4786448
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries