Mutagenic Effects of Environmental Contaminants

Content: 
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: An Interdisciplinary Monograph Series, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
ORGANIZING PANEL, Page ix
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages xi-xii
PREFACE, Pages xiii-xiv
INTRODUCTION: GENETIC TOXICOLOGY, Pages 1-2
GENE MUTATION AS A CAUSE OF HUMAN DISEASE, Pages 3-14
THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF MUTATION, Pages 15-26
MONITORING OF CHEMICAL MUTAGENS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, Pages 27-39
THE DETECTION OF MUTATIONS WITH NON-MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS, Pages 41-55
A BACTERIAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MUTAGENS AND CARCINOGENS, Pages 57-66
THE NEED TO DETECT CHEMICALLY INDUCED MUTATIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS, Pages 67-79
CHROMOSOME MUTATIONS IN MAN, Pages 81-97
THE DETECTION OF INCREASED MUTATION RATES IN HUMAN POPULATIONS, Pages 99-119
MONITORING SOMATIC MUTATIONS IN HUMAN POPULATIONS, Pages 121-128
PESTICIDAL, INDUSTRIAL, FOOD ADDITIVE, AND DRUG MUTAGENS, Pages 129-170
MUTAGENICITY OF BIOLOGICALS, Pages 171-176
POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MUTAGENESIS AND CARCINOGENESIS, Pages 177-183
INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN CARCINOGENICITY, MUTAGENICITY, AND TERATOGENICITY, Pages 185-195