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Thomas W. Clarkson
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Overview
This chapter is an overview of the papers presented at the Tokyo Conference in August, 1990. No references will be quoted as this text is based on the papers presented in this book. At times the names of indiv...
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Methylmercury Toxicity
Mercury vapor, emitted from both natural and man-made sources is distributed globally by the atmosphere and returns to the earth*s surface in a water soluble form. Biomethylation converts mercury into a form a...
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Predicting the Kidney Burden of Toxic Metals
The accurate assessment of risk associated with exposures to nephrotoxic metals demands an explicit understanding of relationships between level of exposure, the resulting dose to the kidney and effects on kid...
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The Prediction Of Intake Of Mercury Vapor from Amalgams
Stock’s (1939) findings that amalgam fillings could release mercury vapor created an intense debate. The question was discussed again as a result of Frykholm’s studies in the 1950s (Frykholm, 1957). By using r...
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Mercury
Mercury occurs in a number of physical and chemical forms in three oxidation states: $$ Hg_{ + + }^o $$ (ele...
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Perspectives
This conference has given an overview of the rapidly expanding knowledge of how certain chemicals interact with cytoskeletal components. These developments have given both a better understanding of cell biolog...
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The Cytoskeleton as a Target For Toxic Agents
In the previous chapter several examples of toxic compounds that have been used as tools to elucidate the structure and function of the cytoskeleton have been described. These examples were presented in the co...
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Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton
Organization within the cytoplasm has been apparent from the earliest observations of living cells. As techniques improved, so has our appreciation of the complexity involved in the ordered arrangement of cyto...
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Dose-Response Relationships for Adult and Prenatal Exposures to Methylmercury
Public concern over the health hazards of methylmercury was aroused by the two outbreaks of poisoning in Japan: in Minamata in the 1950s and in Niigata Prefecture in the 1960s (for details, see reference 26). ...
