Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals - Overview....Pages 1-71
Biological Monitoring....Pages 75-83
The Need and Feasibility of Environmental and Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health....Pages 85-101
Quality Assurance....Pages 103-126
Overview of Models Used in Biological Monitoring....Pages 127-147
Biological Monitoring of Cadmium....Pages 151-168
Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Inorganic Lead....Pages 169-197
Mercury....Pages 199-246
The Prediction Of Intake Of Mercury Vapor from Amalgams....Pages 247-264
Nickel....Pages 265-282
Manganese....Pages 283-301
Arsenic....Pages 303-321
Biological Monitoring of Aluminum....Pages 323-336
Biological Monitoring of Antimony....Pages 337-367
Chromium....Pages 369-382
Selenium....Pages 383-405
Biological Monitoring of Cobalt....Pages 407-417
Biological Monitoring of Tin....Pages 419-425
Biological Monitoring of Vanadium....Pages 427-436
Metals and Semi-Metals in the Semiconductor Device Technologies....Pages 439-454
Toxicology of the Group III–V Intermetallic Semiconductor, Gallium Arsenide....Pages 455-468
Mechanisms of Indium, Thallium, and Arsine Gas Toxicity: Relationships to Biological Indicators of Cell Injury....Pages 469-478
Analytical Methods and Quality Control for Trace Metal Determinations: A Critical Review of the State of the Art....Pages 481-497
In Vivo Monitoring of Toxic Metals: Assessment of Neutron Activation and X-Ray Fluorescence Techniques....Pages 499-511
Biological Monitoring of Urine for Exposure to Toxic Metals....Pages 515-529
Histological and Urinalysis Assessment of Nephrotoxicity Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Normal and Uninephrectomized Rats....Pages 531-545
The Use of Blood in the Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals....Pages 547-565
Biological Monitoring of the Human Placenta....Pages 567-602
The Toxicological Importance of Lead in Bone: The Evolution and Potential Uses of Bone Lead Measurements by X-Ray Fluorescence to Evaluate Treatment Outcomes in Moderately Lead Toxic Children....Pages 603-621
Hair and Nails: Advantages and Pitfalls when used in Biological Monitoring....Pages 623-640
Biological Media - Their Advantages and Pitfalls when used in Biological Monitoring - Feces....Pages 641-648
Practical Problems of Collecting Samples of Biological Media in Developing Countries....Pages 649-659
Back Matter....Pages 661-686