Toxicology of Pesticides Experimental, Clinical and Regulatory Perspectives
The protection of human health and food and fiber resources against the ravages of pests of many sorts is a continuous struggle by all people in the world. The use of chemical pesticides as an aid in this struggle is now also global. These chemicals are deliberately added to the environment for the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Nato ASI Subseries H:, Cell Biology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Toxicology of Pesticides: A Brief History
- Production and Use of Pesticides
- Role of Metabolism in Pesticide Selectivity and Toxicity
- Toxicology of Organophosphates and Carbamates
- Toxicology of Chlorophenoxy Herbicides and their Contaminants
- Reactive Oxygen Species and Cell Injury: Role in Pesticide Toxicity
- Interaction of Insecticides with the Nervous System
- The Role of Genetic Differences in Human Susceptibility to Pesticides
- The Reproductive Toxicology of Pesticides
- Carcinogenicity of Pesticides
- Dermal Toxicity of Pesticides
- Environmental Distribution and Fate of Pesticides. A Predictive Approach
- Ecotoxicology of Pesticides: The Laboratory and Field Evaluation of the Environmental Hazard Presented by New Pesticides
- Clinical Management of Pesticide Poisoning
- Assessment of Human Exposure to Pesticides
- Pesticides — Risk Assessment and Safe Use
- Role of Biotechnology in Pesticide Development: Bacillus Thuringiensis as an Example
- Pesticide Use Exposure and Regulation in Developed and Developing Countries
- Species Differences in Serum Paraoxonase Correlate with Sensitivity to Paraoxon Toxicity
- The Effects of Pyrethroid Insecticides on Synaptic Transmission in Slices of Guinea Pig Olfactory Cortex
- Critical Review of Pesticide-Related Alimentary Outbreaks
- Peripheral and Central Enzyme Inhibition by Fenthion, Fenitrothion and Desbromoleptophos
- Application of Structure-Activity Analysis for Estimation of Potential Effects of Pesticides on Environmental Biological Targets
- Decrements in Retrograde Axonal Transport Precede Onset of Nerve Fiber Degeneration in Organophosphate Neuropathy
- The Lungs as a Target for the Toxicity of Some Organophosphorus Compounds
- Behavioral and Biochemical Effects of Early Postnatal Parathion Exposure inthe Rat
- Effects of Lindane on Central Nervous System: Behavioural Studies