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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The History of Environmental and Occupational Neurotoxicology; Historical Background; Toxicology; Occupational Medicine; Conservation, Ecology, and The Environment; Epidemiology; Environmental Medicine; Consumerism; Psychology; The Birth of Behavioral Toxicology; Conclusions; Part I: FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNIQUES; 1 Main Components of the Nervous System; The Central Nervous System; The Peripheral Nervous System; The Autonomic Nervous System |
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The Neuroendocrine SystemConclusions; 2 The Neurobiology of Neurotoxic Disease; Changing Views of Neurotoxic Illness; The Functional Organization of the Nervous System at the Cellular and Molecular Level; Neurotoxic Agents and Neurotransmission; Conclusion; 3 The Clinical Neurological Examination; The Examination; Examination of Mental Status; Terms; 4 Psychometric Techniques; Background; Representative Tests; Comprehensive Batteries for the Adult; Comprehensive Batteries for Children; Administration of Comprehensive Batteries; Experimental Psychometric Tests |
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Computer-Based Testing ProceduresIssues Related to Psychometric Testing; Conclusions; 5 Electrophysiological Procedures; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials; Event-Related Potentials; Electromyography; Nerve Conduction Velocity Studies; Oculography; Other Techniques; Conclusions; 6 Imaging of the Nervous System; X-Ray-Based Techniques; Echoencephalography; Isotope Scanning; Computer-Assisted Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Brain Electrical Activity; Infrared Imaging; Other Imaging Techniques; Conclusions |
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Part II: NEUROTOXIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND DRUGS7 The Neurotoxic Environment; Definitions; Neurotoxic Agents in the Human Habitat; Classification of Neurotoxic Agents; Groupings; Conclusions; 8 Classification of Neurotoxic Substances; Classification by Victim's Occupation; Classification by Neuropathological Changes to Gross Morphology; Classification by Neuropathological Alterations at the Cellular Level; Neuropharmacological Classification; Part III: PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; 9 Absorption, Distribution, and Excretion of Neurotoxic Agents; Absorption; Distribution |
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ReceptorsExcretion and Biotransformation; Blood Lead Levels as a Predictor of Neurotoxicity; Tolerance; Conclusions; 10 Toxicology and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; The Language of Toxicology; The Language of Environmental and Occupational Health; 11 Occupational History; Information Contained in the Occupational History; Occupational Analysis; Conclusions; Part IV: METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS; 12 The Epidemiological Study of Neurotoxic Diseases; Epidemiology Defined; The Widening Perspectives of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology; Research Plans and Study Designs |
| Summary |
Dr. Jose A. Valciukas, in Foundations of Environmental and Occupational Neurotoxicology, has written a thorough, lively, and educational study on toxic substances and their effects. Written in a manner that is accessible to both professionals and non-professionals, Dr. Valciukas explains how health and human behavior may be adversely affected by neurotoxins. He introduces his study with a history of environmental and occupational neurotoxicology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jose A. Valciukas is associate professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College and director of the Psychology Internship Program at Lincoln Hospital. He is the author of Forensic Neuropsychology: Conceptual Foundations and Clinical Practice, and was managing editor of the journal Environmental Research |
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Print version record |
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Neurotoxicology.
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Industrial toxicology.
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Environmental toxicology.
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Ecotoxicology
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Environmental toxicology
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Industrial toxicology
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Neurotoxicology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351320023 |
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1351320025 |
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9781351320030 |
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1351320033 |
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9781351320047 |
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1351320041 |
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9781351320016 |
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1351320017 |
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