Environmental Toxicology and Human Health

Edited by : Tetsuo Satoh,

Biomedical Research Institute and Chiba University, Japan

Salmaan H. Inayat-Hussain,

Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia

Environmental Toxicology and Human Health

Tetsuo Satoh, Biomedical Research Institute and Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Salmaan H. Inayat-Hussain, Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Health Effects from Exposure to Acute Levels of Industrial Chemicals

Heihachirou Arito, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan

Health Effects from Exposure to Chronic Levels of Industrial Chemicals

Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan

Control Strategies

Masayuki Ikeda, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Japan

Case Study of Air Pollution Episodes in Meuse Valley of Belgium, Denora of Pennsylvania and London , U.K.

Jun Kagawa, Department of Hygiene and Public Health School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University,

Case Study of BHOPAL Incident

Paul Cullinan, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Imperial College (NHLI), UK

Minimata Disease in Japan

Yukio Takizawa, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan

Mercury-Contaminated Grain in Iraq

Yukio Takizawa, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan

Pediatric Lead Poisoning of Residential Origin

Michael B. Rabinowitz, Marine Biological Laboratory and Harvard Medical School, USA

Impacts of Agricultural Chemicals on Humans

Insecticides

Kai M. Savolainen, Department of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Kirsi Vahakangas, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Oulu, Finland

Herbicides

R.E. Kramer, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, USA
R.C. Baker, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, USA

Rodenticides

R.E. Kramer, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, USA
R.C. Baker, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi, Medical Center, USA

Virus-Induced Diseases

Aurelia M.C. Koros, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, USA
H. Dantuluri, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Case Study of Lyme Disease

Masato Kawabata, Kobe University, School of Medicine, International Center for Medical Research, Japan

Case History: Ebola Hermorrhagic Fever in Zaire, 1995

Alexandra M. Levitt, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

The Case Studies of Anthrax Outbreaks

Ikuo Uchida, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology Hokkaido Branch, National Institute of Animal Health, Japan

Case Study of Health Effects of Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water

Huw V. Smith, Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, UK
Robert Nichols, Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, UK

Sportfish Consumption: Socio-Cultural and Economic Aspects, Ethnicity and Effectiveness of Health Advisories

Anna M. Fan, Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Residential Indoor Air Quality and Human Health

A. Arcus-Arth and R. Broadwin, R. Lam, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA, USA

Social Concerns for Environmental Exposures to Toxic Substances

Amy D. Kyle, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Environmental Justice as a Component of Environmental Decision-Making

Michael J. Dibartolomeis, Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Forensic Toxicology

Robert WENNIG, Laboratoire National de Santé- Toxicologie. Université du Luxembourg-Campus Limpertsberg. L 1511 (Luxembourg)