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Jerome O. Nriagu - Vanadium in the Environment, Part 2, Inbunden

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Vanadium in the Environment, Part 2

Health Effects

Av Jerome O. Nriagu

Del 32 i serien Advances in Environmental Science and Technology

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Up-to-date coverage of vanadium research--in two accessible, self-contained volumes Vanadium in the Environment brings together the contributions of leading experts on the chemical and toxicological aspects of vanadium exposure and its effects on aquatic and terrestrial environments, human health, and wildlife. This second volume focuses on health effects and toxicology in living organisms, while Part One concentrates on chemistry and biochemistry. Topics in this second volume include: Health effects of environmental exposure to vanadiumtoxicology of vanadium in mammalsMutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and teratogenicity of vanadiumBaseline vanadium levels and exposure tests in humansVanadium and metabolic problemsVanadium and its significance in animal cell metabolismHematological effects of vanadium in living organismsGenetic toxicology of vanadium compoundsVanadium and the cardiovascular system: regulatory effects and toxicityOxidative stress and pro-oxidant biological effects of vanadiumEndocrine control of vanadium accumulationVanadium detoxificationVanadium as a new tool for cancer prevention
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JEROME O. NRIAGU is Professor in the Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, the University of Michigan, and an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo. For many years he was a research scientist with the National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario. He is the editor of the Wiley Series in Advances in Environmental Science and Technology and has edited, among many other volumes, Nickel and Human Health, Arsenic in the Environment, and Thallium in the Environment. Dr. Nriagu received BSc and DSc degrees from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an MS from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a PhD in geochemistry from the University of Toronto. He has published extensively in leading geochemical and environmental science journals and has received a number of awards for his work. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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