Teratogens. Chemicals Which Cause Birth Defects

✍ Scribed by Vera M. Kolb (Eds.)

Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 589
Edition: 2 Rev Sub
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This second revised edition deals with the practical aspect of teratogens - chemicals which cause birth defects. It covers such issues as how to obtain information about the teratogenic potential of chemicals and includes a list of 5625 names of chemicals associated with reproductive effects. The book also deals with teratogenic chemicals in undergraduate chemistry laboratories; the principles and mechanisms of teratogenesis; biochemical determinants of chemical teratogensis; the relationship between maternal occupational exposure and spontaneous abortion; the legal and ethical aspects of foetal protection policies; and safe handling of teratogenic chemicals in the laboratory. This volume should be of interest to chemists and other professionals working with teratogens

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page v, Vera Kolb
PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS OF TERATOGENESIS, Pages 1-19, Patricia E. Levi
Maternal occupational exposure and spontaneous abortion, Pages 20-39, M.-L. Lindbohm
BIOCHEMICAL DETERMINANTS OF CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS: STUDIES WITH PHENYTOIN, BENZO(A)PYRENE AND RELATED XENOBIOTICS, Pages 40-53, Peter G. Wells
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF FETAL PROTECTION POLICIES, Pages 54-74, Sue Margaret Norton
TERATOGENIC CHEMICALS IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES, Pages 75-92, Doris K. Kolb
HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERATOGENIC POTENTIAL OF CHEMICALS, Pages 93-115, J.S. Wassom, P.Y. Lu, K.G. Slusher, E.T. Owens, S.Y. Uppuluri, G.S. Danford
REGISTRY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AS A SOURCE FOR COMPILING A LIST OF TERATOGENS, Pages 116-581, Vera Kolb
SAFE HANDLING OF TERATOGENIC CHEMICALS IN THE LABORATORY, Pages 582-583, Vera Kolb
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 584-586

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