Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology Volume 1: Molecular
Molecular Toxicology is the first volume of a three-volume set Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology that offers a comprehensive and in-depth response to the increasing importance and abundance of chemicals in daily life. By providing intr
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Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology Volume 1: Molecular Toxicology Edited by Andreas Luch
Birkhäuser Verlag Basel · Boston · Berlin
Editor Andreas Luch Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Thielallee 88-92 14195 Berlin Germany
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Contents List of contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Antoinette N. Hayes and Steven G. Gilbert Historical milestones and discoveries that shaped the toxicology sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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David Kim and Leena A. Nylander-French Physiologically based toxicokinetic models and their application in human exposure and internal dose assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Wolfgang Dekant The role of biotransformation and bioactivation in toxicity . . . . . . . . .
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David H. Phillips and Volker M. Arlt Genotoxicity: damage to DNA and its consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ulrike Camenisch and Hanspeter Naegeli Role of DNA repair in the protection against genotoxic stress . . . . . . . 111 Andreas Luch On the impact of the molecule structure in chemical carcinogenesis . . 151 Johan Högberg, Ilona Silins and Ulla Stenius Chemical induced alterations in p53 signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Roberto Sánchez-Olea Mónica R. Calera and Ale
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