Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, July 14–18, 2002, San Diego, California

Content: 
Preface, Pages v-vi
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xx
Chapter 1 - Groundwater arsenic exposure in India, Pages 3-24, Dipankar Chakraborti, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Dilip Lodh, Sad Ahamed, Md. Amir Hossain, Gautam Kumar Basu, Subhash Chandra Mukherjee, Kshitish Chandra Saha
Chapter 2 - Groundwater arsenic contamination in Nepal: A new challenge for water supply sector, Pages 25-37, Roshan R. Shrestha, Mathura P. Shrestha, Narayan P. Upadhyay, Riddhi Pradhan, Rosha Khadka, Arinita Maskey, Sabita Tuladhar, Binod M. Dahal, Sharmila Shrestha, Kabita B. Shrestha
Chapter 3 - Environmental impacts, exposure assessment and health effects related to arsenic emissions from a coal-fired power plant in Central Slovakia; the EXPASCAN Study, Pages 39-49, I. Thornton, M.E. Farago, T. Keegan, M.J. Nieuwenhuijsen, R.N. Colvile, B. Pesch, U. Ranft, P. Miskovic, P. Jakubis, EXPASCAN study group
Chapter 4 - Trivalent arsenic species: Analysis, stability, and interaction with a protein, Pages 51-68, Guifeng Jiang, Xiufen Lu, Zhilong Gong, William R. Cullen, X. Chris Le
Chapter 5 - Arsenic in Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada, Pages 69-78, William R. Cullen, Elena Polishchuk, Kenneth J. Reimer, Yongmei Sun, Lixia Wang, Vivian W.-M. Lai
Chapter 6 - Occurrence of public health and environmental hazards and potential remediation of arsenic-containing soils, sediments, surface water and groundwater at the Lava Cap Mine NPL Superfund site in Nevada County, California, Pages 79-91, G. Fred Lee, Anne Jones-Lee
Chapter 7 - Investigation of arsenic release from sediment minerals to water phases, Pages 93-101, Tran Hong Con, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Pham Hung Viet, Michael Berg
Chapter 8 - Arsenic and heavy metal contamination of rice, pulses and vegetables grown in Samta village, Bangladesh, Pages 103-114, M.G.M. Alam, E.T. Snow, A. Tanaka
Chapter 9 - Criteria for case definition of arsenicosis, Pages 117-133, D.N. Guha Mazumder
Chapter 10 - Arsenic exposure alters purine metabolism in rats, mice, and humans, Pages 135-145, Luz María Del Razo, Eliud A. García-Montalvo, Olga L. Valenzuela
Chapter 11 - Risk analysis of non-melanoma skin cancer incidence in arsenic exposed population, Pages 147-154, Vladimír Bencko, Jiří Rameš, Miloslav Götzl, Petr Franěk, Marián Jakubis
Chapter 12 - Effect of arsenic-contaminated drinking water on skin cancer prevalence in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley, Pages 155-163, Lynda Knobeloch, Henry Anderson
Chapter 13 - Alteration of GSH level, gene expression and cell transformation in NIH3T3 cells by chronic exposure to low dose of arsenic, Pages 167-179, Yu Hu, Ximei Jin, Guoquan Wang, Elizabeth T. Snow
Chapter 14 - Laboratory and field evaluation of potential arsenic exposure from mine tailings to grazing cattle, Pages 181-195, Jack C. Ng, Scott L. Bruce, Barry N. Noller
Chapter 15 - Does arsenic require a carcinogenic partner?, Pages 197-209, Toby G. Rossman, Ahmed N. Uddin, Fredric J. Burns, Maarten C. Bosland
Chapter 16 - Carcinogenicity of dimethylarsinic acid and relevant mechanisms, Pages 211-222, Min Wei, Hideki Wanibuchi, Keiichirou Morimura, Shoji Fukushima
Chapter 17 - Enzymology and toxicity of inorganic arsenic, Pages 225-240, H. Vasken Aposhian, Robert A. Zakharyan, Sheila M. Healy, Eric Wildfang, Jay S. Petrick, Adriana Sampayo-Reyes, Philip G. Board, Dean E. Carter, D.N. Guha Mazumder, Mary M. Aposhian
Chapter 18 - Structural proteomics of arsenic transport and detoxification, Pages 241-253, Zijuan Liu, Rita Mukhopadhyay, Jin Shi, Jun Ye, Barry P. Rosen
Chapter 19 - A novel S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase from rat liver cytosol catalyzes the formation of methylated arsenicals, Pages 255-266, Stephen B. Waters, Shan Lin, Miroslav Styblo, David J. Thomas
Chapter 20 - Metabolism of arsenic and gene transcription regulation: Mechanism of AP-1 activation by methylated trivalent arsenicals, Pages 267-281, Zuzana Drobná, Ilona Jaspers, Miroslav Stýblo
Chapter 21 - Effect of antioxidants on the papilloma response and liver glutathione modulation mediated by arsenic in Tg.AC transgenic mice, Pages 283-293, K. Trouba, A. Nyska, M. Styblo, D. Dunson, L. Lomnitski, S. Grossman, G. Moser, A. Suttie, R. Patterson, F. Walton, D. Germolec
Chapter 22 - Application of filter arrays to the study of arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis, Pages 295-303, Jie Liu, Hua Chen, Maria Kadiiska, Yaxiong Xie, Michael P. Waalkes
Chapter 23 - Regulation of redox and DNA repair genes by arsenic: Low dose protection against oxidative stress?, Pages 305-319, Elizabeth T. Snow, Yu Hu, Catherine B. Klein, Kate L. McCluskey, Michael Schuliga, Peter Sykora
Chapter 24 - Carcinogenicity of dimethylarsinic acid (DMAV), Pages 321-335, Samuel M. Cohen, Chris Le, Xiufen Lu, Marty Cano, Lora L. Arnold
Chapter 25 - Urinary speciation of sodium arsenate in folate receptor knockout mice, Pages 337-344, Ofer Spiegelstein, Xiufen Lu, X. Chris Le, Richard H. Finnell
Chapter 26 - Some chemical properties underlying arsenic's biological activity, Pages 345-354, Kirk T. Kitchin, Kathleen Wallace, Paul Andrewes
Chapter 27 - Arsenic metabolism in hyperbilirubinemic rats: Distribution and excretion in relation to transformation, Pages 355-367, Kazuo T. Suzuki, Takayuki Tomita, Yasumitsu Ogra, Masayoshi Ohmichi
Chapter 28 - Incorporating mechanistic insights in a PBPK model for arsenic, Pages 369-377, Elaina M. Kenyon, Michael F. Hughes, Marina V. Evans, Miroslav Styblo, Luz Maria Del Razo, Michael Easterling
Chapter 29 - Natural history following arsenic exposure: A study in an arsenic endemic area of West Bengal, India, Pages 381-389, D.N. Guha Mazumder, Nilima Ghose, Kunal Mazumder, Amal Santra, Sarbari Lahiri, Subhankar Das, Arindam Basu, Allan H. Smith
Chapter 30 - Saha's grading of arsenicosis progression and treatment, Pages 391-414, Kshitish C. Saha
Chapter 31 - Painting tube wells red or green alone does not help arsenicosis patients, Pages 415-419, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman, M.A. Salam, A.I. Joarder, M. Shahjahan, S.U. Mollah
Chapter 32 - Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: Progress of the UNICEF-DPHE Arsenic Mitigation Project 2002, Pages 421-437, Colin Davis
Chapter 33 - Normative role of WHO in mitigating health impacts of chronic arsenic exposure in the South-east Asia region, Pages 439-447, Deoraj Caussy
Chapter 34 - “Arsenic Solutions” Web platform of >50 options for developing countries: Collaborative design and innovation for the common good, Pages 451-458, Susan Murcott
Chapter 35 - Investigation of arsenic removal technologies for drinking water in Vietnam, Pages 459-469, Pham Hung Viet, Tran Hong Con, Cao The Ha, Hoang Van Ha, Michael Berg, Walter Giger, Roland Schertenleib
Chapter 36 - Removing arsenic from drinking water: A brief review of some lessons learned and gaps arisen in Chilean water utilities, Pages 471-481, Ana María Sancha
Chapter 37 - Disposal of wastes resulting from arsenic removal processes, Pages 483-489, Michael J. MacPhee, John T. Novak, David A. Cornwell, Rodney N. Mutter
Chapter 38 - Development of a low-waste technology for arsenic removal from drinking water, Pages 491-501, József Hlavay, Klára Polyák, János Molnár, Kornél Gruber, Pál Medgyesi, Márta Hódi
Chapter 39 - An update on some arsenic programs at the US EPA, Pages 505-519, Charles O. Abernathy, Mike Beringer, R.L. Calderon, T. McMahon, E. Winchester
Subject index, Pages 521-533