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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826990403321

Titolo

Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene : key scientific issues / / Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-74247-X

9786610742479

0-309-66360-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Disciplina

615.9/02

Soggetti

Trichloroethylene - Toxicology

Trichloroethylene - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-379).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Epidemiologic Literature on Cancer and Exposure to Trichloroethylene""; ""3 Kidney Toxicity and Cancer""; ""4 Liver Toxicity and Cancer""; ""5 Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity""; ""6 Neurotoxicity""; ""7 Respiratory Tract Toxicity and Cancer""; ""8 Immunotoxicity""; ""9 Special Populations and Susceptibility""; ""10 Mixtures""; ""11 Pharmacokinetic Modeling""; ""12 Issues in the Assessment of Dose Response""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""

""Appendix A Biographic Information on the Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene""""Appendix B Participants at Public Sessions""; ""Appendix C Trichloroethylene Metabolism""; ""Appendix D Exposure Analysis of Selected Studies""; ""Appendix E Peroxisome Proliferators and Liver Cancer""