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1 online resource (xxiv, 485 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Organophosphates: History, Chemistry, Pharmacology -- Timothy C. Marrs -- 2. Socio-Economics, Health Issues and Pesticides -- Lakshman Karalliedde and Tim Meredith -- 3. Factors Influencing Organophosphate Toxicity in Humans -- Philippa Edwards -- 4 Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents -- Timothy C. Marrs and Robert L. Maynard -- The Acute Cholinergic Syndrome -- Lakshman Karalliedde and John Henry -- The Intermediate Syndrome -- Jan L. de Bleecker -- Organophosphorous-Induced Delayed Polyneuropathy -- Nimal Senanayake -- The Effects of Organophosphates on Neuropsychiatric and -- Psychological Functioning -- Malcolm Lader -- 9. Effects of Organophosphates on the Neuromuscular Junction and -- Muscle -- Stanley Feldman -- 10. Organophosphates and the Cardiovascular System -- A.M. Saadeh -- 11. Gulf War Syndrome, Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance and -- Organophosphate Compounds: Diseases in Search of Causal -- Hypothesis -- Jeffrey Brent and Laura Klein -- 12. Management of Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning -- Lakshman Karalliedde and Ladislaus Szinicz -- 13. Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Organophosphates -- Michael D. Waters, H. Frank Stack and Marcus A. Jackson -- 14. Organophosphorus Agents and the Environment -- Elwood F. Hill -- 15 Biochemical and Toxicological Investigations Related to OP -- Compounds -- R. Swaminathan and Brian Widdop -- 16. Monitoring Occupational Exposures to Organophosphorus -- Compounds -- Angelo Moretto and Marcello Lotti -- 17. The Global Picture of Organophosphate Insecticide Poisoning -- Lakshman Karalliedde, Michael Eddleston -- and Virginia Murray -- Index. |
| Summary |
Few chemical compounds created by man have caused greater controversy than organophosphates. Conceived as insecticides, they have also been developed to become the most feared of chemical weapons. The control of vectors of diseases from which millions die or are disabled is heavily dependent on organophosphates, as are efforts to maintain food production in the face of uncontrolled population growth, diminishing arable land and the possibility of global warming. As the toxicity of organophosphates is non-specific, it has caused ill health and death in man, and has contributed to adverse ecolog. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Organophosphorus compounds -- Toxicology.
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Organophosphorus compounds -- Toxicology. |
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Organophosphate Poisoning. |
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Environmental Exposure. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Karalliedde, Lakshman.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Organophosphates and health. London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2001 1860942709 9781860942709 (DLC) 2001275694 (OCoLC)48195646 |
| ISBN |
9781848161443 (electronic book) |
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1848161441 (electronic book) |
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1281865990 |
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9781281865991 |
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9781860942709 |
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1860942709 |
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