Biologic markers in reproductive toxicology /
Examines the potential use of these markers in environmental health studies, and clarifies definitions, underlying concepts, and possible applications. Acidic paper. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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| 語言: | 英语 |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1989.
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書本目錄:
- Executive summary
- Report of the Oversight Committee. I. Biologic markers in male reproductive and gametic genetic toxicology. Introduction
- Clinical evaluation of male infertility
- Biologic markers of testicular function
- Biologic markers of epididymal structure and function
- Biologic markers of accessory sex organ structure and function
- Biologic markers of human male reproductive health and physiologic damage
- Assessing transmitted mutations in mice
- Markers for measuring germinal genetic toxicity and heritable mutations in people
- Conclusions and recommendations. II. Biologic markers in female reproductive toxicology. Introduction
- Biologic markers of genetic damage in females
- Biologic markers of reproductive development and aging
- Biologic markers of nonconceptive menstrual cycles
- Developing assays of biologic markers for epidemiologic studies: experience with a marker of pregnancy and early loss
- Conclusions and recommendations. III. Biologic markers of toxicity during pregnancy. Introduction
- Molecular biology: developing DNA markers of genotoxic effects
- Reproductive immunology: biologic markers of compromised pregnancies
- Cell biology: identifying biologic markers expressed during early pregnancy
- Physiologic assessment of fetal compromise
- Conclusions and Recommendations. IV. Biologic Markers in Neurodevelopmental Toxicology. Introduction
- Developmental neurobiology of the central nervous system
- Morphologic, neurochemical, and behavioral responses to toxic agents
- Methodologic issues of extrapolation from animal studies to human toxicant exposure
- Lead as a paradigm for the study of neurodevelopmental toxicology
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Appendix: Assessing the validity of biologic markers: alpha-fetoprotein
- References
- Biographies
- Index.