Arsenic: Exposure and Health Effects

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The geochemistry of arsenic....Pages 1-16
The mercuric-bromide-stain method and the Natelson method for the determination of arsenic: implications for assessment of risks from exposure to arsenic in Taiwan....Pages 17-32
Determination of arsenic compounds in human urine by HPLC-ICP-MS....Pages 33-44
The oxidation of arsenite in aqueous solutions....Pages 45-54
Chronic arsenicism and cancer in Inner Mongolia — consequences of well-water arsenic levels greater than 50 μg/l....Pages 55-68
Chronic arsenic poisoning in Ronpibool Nakhon Sri Thammarat, the Southern Province of Thailand....Pages 69-77
The status of arsenic poisoning in China....Pages 78-83
Health aspects of burning coal with a high arsenic content: the Central Slovakia experience....Pages 84-92
Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India: the biggest arsenic calamity in the world: the status report up to August, 1995....Pages 93-111
Non-cancer effects of chronic arsenicosis with special reference to liver damage....Pages 112-123
Systemic non-carcinogenic effects and developmental toxicity of inorganic arsenic....Pages 124-134
Potential role of oxidative damage in developmental toxicity of arsenic....Pages 135-144
Analysis of electrophysiological studies in arsenic exposure....Pages 145-158
Neurobehavioral impairment from long-term residential arsenic exposure....Pages 159-175
Mathematical modeling of arsenic in hamsters....Pages 176-189
Studies of arsenic ingestion from drinking-water in Northeastern Taiwan: chemical speciation and urinary metabolites....Pages 190-209
Health aspects of human exposure to high arsenic concentrations in soil in south-west England....Pages 210-226
Estimating cancer risks from air arsenic exposure using data on copper smelter workers....Pages 227-231
Human carcinogenicity of inorganic arsenic....Pages 232-242
Arsenic in drinking-water and skin cancer: comparison among studies based on cancer registry, death certificates and physical examinations....Pages 243-259
The Taiwan skin cancer risk analysis of inorganic arsenic ingestion: effects of water consumption rates and food arsenic levels....Pages 260-271
Factors affecting the retention in hamster lung of arsenic present in fly ash and copper smelter dust....Pages 272-282
Factors influencing in vitro methylation of arsenicals in rat liver cytosol....Pages 283-295
Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds: II — an overview....Pages 296-321
Biological monitoring of arsenic exposure in inorganic arsenic and gallium arsenide-exposed semiconductor workers....Pages 322-329
Biological effects of arsenic exposure—integration of in vitro genotoxicity data with human biomarker data....Pages 330-337
Alterations of methylation of the tumor suppressor gene p53 : insights into potential mechanisms of arsenic carcinogenesis....Pages 338-348
Some Results of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Approach to Estimating Arsenic Body Burdens....Pages 349-368
Arsenic removal from drinking-water by coagulation: the role of adsorption and effects of source water composition....Pages 369-381
Removal of arsenic ions from drinking-water by novel type adsorbents....Pages 382-392
Arsenic removal technologies: an evaluation of cost and performance....Pages 393-405
Arsenic: past, present and future considerations....Pages 406-423
Back Matter....Pages 424-429