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Main Title Assessing chemical mutagens : the risk to humans /
Author McElheny, Victor K. ; Abrahamson, Seymour.
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Author Title of a Work
McElheny, Victor K.
Abrahamson, Seymour.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Toxic Substances.
Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
OCLC Number 04664514
ISBN 0879692006; 9780879692001
Subjects Chemical mutagenesis--Congresses ; Mutagenicity testing--Congresses ; Mutagens--congresses ; Mutagens--toxicity--congresses ; Chemikalie ; Mutation
Additional Subjects Chemical mutagenesis--Congresses ; Mutagenicity testing--Congresses
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EJEM  QH465.C5A85 1979 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 12/23/1994
EKBM  QH465.C5A85 c.2 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 03/13/2024
EKBM  QH465.C5A85 c.1 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 03/13/2024
Collation xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes
Edited proceedings of a meeting sponsored by the Office of Toxic Substances of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May 1978 at Banbury Center, Lloyd Harbor, N.Y. Includes bibliographies.
Contents Notes
Introduction / Richard N. Hill -- Mutation and disease in humans / James V. Neel -- Strengths and weaknesses of tests for mutagenesis / W. Gary Flamm -- Bacterial mutagenicity testing : some practical considerations / Eric Eisenstadt -- Theory and design of short-term bacterial tests for mutagenesis / Graham C. Walker -- DNA repair / Richard Setlow -- Cytogenic studies and risk assessment for chemicals and ionizing radiation / J. Grant Brewen -- Radiation-induced cancer / John W. Baum -- low-dose and species-to-species extrapolation for chemically induced carcinogenesis / David Hoel -- Estimating radiation-induced genetic disease burdens / Seymour Abrahamson -- Risk assessment of ethylene oxide and other compunds / Lars Ehrenberg -- Dosimetry of alkylating agents / William R. Lee -- Are benzene effects limited to the chomosomal level? / Verne Ray -- General aspects of comparative mutagenesis / Lawrence R. Valcovic.