Biomarkers of Environmental Contamination

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CRC Press, 2018 M01 18 - 467 páginas
How can biological markers help assess and predict human health risks? Find out the answers to this question and others in this timely new book examining the use of biological markers in animals and plants for evaluating the ecological and health effects of environmental contamination. The book explains the concept of environmental sentinels, presents example of field studies and discusses the utility of biomarkers within a risk analysis paradigm. Anyone who needs to know how to assess and predict environmental contamination should consider this book essential reading.
 

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Biological Markers of Environmental Contamination
Liver Structural Alterations Accompanying Chronic
A Possible Monitor
The Croaker Nibea mitsukurii and the Sea Catfish
Sublethal Responses of Platichthys stellatus to Organic
Interpreting the Effects
Avian Mixed Function Oxidase Induction as a Monitoring
Use of BarbiturateInduced Sleeping Time as
Flounder from Boston Harbor
MetalBinding Proteins and Peptides for the Detection
Metallothionein as a Biomarker of Environmental Metal
a Potential Biomonitor of Exposure
Effect of Cadmium on Protein Synthesis in Gill Tissue
Kendall
Application of Bioindicators in Assessing the Health
A Comparative Evaluation of Selected Measures

Potential as Multitiered Biomarkers
Macrophage Responses of Estuarine Fish
Biological Monitoring
DNA Adducts in Marine Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis
Disease Biomarkers in Large Whale Populations of
Use of Biomarkers in Ecological Risk Assessment
Implementation of a Biomarker
Shugart

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