Main Title |
Assessing chemical mutagens : the risk to humans / |
Author |
McElheny, Victor K. ;
Abrahamson, Seymour.
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Other Authors |
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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
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Additional Subjects |
Chemical mutagenesis--Congresses ;
Mutagenicity testing--Congresses
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
QH465.C5A85 1979 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
12/23/1994 |
EKBM |
QH465.C5A85 1979 |
c.2 |
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
04/10/2024 |
EKBM |
QH465.C5A85 1979 |
c.1 |
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
04/10/2024 |
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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. |