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Provides an overview of the effects of environmentally and occupationally important metals on the immune system and host defence in a variety of mammalian species including humans.
List of contents
1. Arsenic Leigh Ann Burns 2. Beryllium Lee Newman 3. Cadmium Loren Koller 4. Chromium Darryl Arfsten, Lesa Aylward and Nathan Karch 5. Indium Mark Blazka 6. Lead Michael McCabe 7. Mercury Pierluigi Bigazzi 8. Nickel Ralph Smialowicz 9. Platinum Kathleen Rodgers 10. Vanadium Mitchell Cohen 11. Iron, Zinc and Copper Felix Omila Omara, Pauline Brousseau, Barry Raymond Blakley and Michel Fournier 12. Immunotoxicology Summary tables Mitchell Cohen University of Colorado , USA, Loren Koller, Oregan State University, Darryl Arfsten, Karch and Associates, USA, Lesa Aylward, Karch and Associates, USA, Nathan Karch, Karch and Associates, USA, Mark Blazka, Colgate E. Palmolive, USA, Michael McCabe, Wayne State University, USA, Pierluigi Bigazzi, University of Connecticut Health Centre, USA, Ralph Smialowicz, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Kathleen Rodgers, University of South California, USA, Mitchell Cohen, New York University Medical Centre, USA, Felix Omila Omara, TOXEN, Canada, Pauline Brousseau, Concordia University, Canada, Barry Raymond Blakley, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Michel Fournier, University of Quebec, Canada.
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Judith T Zelicoff, Peter Thomas
Summary
Provides an overview of the effects of environmentally and occupationally important metals on the immune system and host defence in a variety of mammalian species including humans.
