Arsenic : Medical and Biological Effects of Environmental Pollutants.
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1976.
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Table of Contents:
- ""ARSENIC""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Chemistry of Arsenic ""; ""ARSENIC TRIOXIDE""; ""ARSENIC PENTOXIDE""; ""ARSENOUS AND ARSENIC ACIDS""; ""ARSENITES AND ARSENATES""; ""ESTERS OF ARSENOUS AND ARSENIC ACIDS""; ""ARSENIC SULFIDES""; ""ORGANIC ARSENIC COMPOUNDS""; ""METHYLATION OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS""; ""METHANEARSONIC ACID""; ""DIMETHYLARSINIC ACID""; ""ALKYLARSINES AND DIALKYLARSINES""; ""ALKYLDIHALOARSINES AND DIALKYLHALOARSINES""; ""3 Distribution of Arsenic in the Environment ""; ""NATURAL SOURCES""; ""Earth's Crust""; ""Igneous and Sedimentary Rock""
- ""Soil""""Water""; ""Plants""; ""Animals and Humans""; ""Air""; ""MAN-MADE SOURCES""; ""Production""; ""Uses""; ""Insecticides""; ""Herbicides""; ""Desiccants""; ""Wood Preservatives""; ""Feed Additives""; ""Drugs""; ""War Gases and Riot-Control Agents""; ""Other Minor Uses""; ""Residues""; ""Soils""; ""Water""; ""Plants""; ""Animals""; ""Foods""; ""Air""; ""Disposal""; ""Waste from Agricultural Uses of Pesticides and Herbicides""; ""Waste from Use of Arsenical Feed Additives""; ""Waste from Industrial Uses of Arsenic""; ""Summary""; ""THE ARSENIC CYCLE""; ""4 Metabolism of Arsenic ""
- ""PLANTS""""Absorption of Arsenic Compounds""; ""Translocation of Arsenic Compounds""; ""MICROORGANISMS""; ""Bacteria""; ""Fungi and Molds""; ""Algae""; ""Plankton""; ""MOLLUSKS AND CRUSTACEANS""; ""FISH""; ""BIRDS""; ""MAMMALS""; ""Forms of Arsenic in the Diet and Water""; ""Plants""; ""Animal Tissues""; ""Physiologic Aspects of Arsenic Absorption from the Gastrointestinal Tract""; ""Distribution of Arsenic in the Body""; ""Dermal Absorption of Cacodylic Acid in Man""; ""5 Biologic Effects of Arsenic on Plants and Animals ""; ""MICROORGANISMS""; ""Toxicity""; ""Adaptation""; ""PLANTS""
- ""Biochemical Response to Arsenic Compounds""""Phytotoxicity of Organic Arsenicals""; ""Interactions between Arsenicals and Nutrients""; ""Mode of Action""; ""LABORATORY ANIMALS""; ""Factors That Can Influence the Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds""; ""The Problem of Toxic versus “No-Effect� Dosages""; ""Mechanisms of Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds""; ""Adaptation to Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds""; ""Experimental Inhalation Toxicity""; ""Arsenicals and Resistance to Infection""; ""Arsenic as Antagonist to Selenium Poisoning""; ""Nutritional Essentiality of Arsenic""; ""DOMESTIC ANIMALS""
- ""Inorganic and Aliphatic Organic Arsenicals""""Signs and Lesions of Toxicosis""; ""Diagnostic Criteria""; ""Therapeutic Measures""; ""Phenylarsonic Feed Additives""; ""Recommended Uses and Factors Affecting Toxicity""; ""Signs and Lesions of Toxicosis""; ""Excretion and Recommended Withdrawal Time""; ""Diagnosis of Toxicosis Produced by the Phenylarsonic Acids""; ""AQUATIC ORGANISMS""; ""WILDLIFE""; ""6 Biologic Effects of Arsenic on Man ""; ""TOXICITY""; ""Reactions to Contact with Arsenic""; ""Acute Arsenic Poisoning""; ""Subacute Arsenic Poisoning""; ""Chronic Arsenic Exposure""