Main description:

Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, Volume II: Specific Metals, Fifth Edition provides complete coverage of 38 individual metals and their compounds. This volume is the second volume of a two-volume work which emphasizes toxic effects in humans, along with discussions on the toxic effects of animals and biological systems in vitro when relevant. The book has been systematically updated with the latest studies and advances in technology. As a multidisciplinary resource that integrates both human and environmental toxicology, the book is a comprehensive and valuable reference for toxicologists, physicians, pharmacologists, and environmental scientists in the fields of environmental, occupational and public health.

Contents:

1. Aluminum 2. Antimony 3. Arsenic 4. Barium 5. Beryllium 6. Bismuth 7. Cadmium 8. Chromium 9. Cobalt 10. Copper 11. Gadolinium 12. Gallium and gallium semiconductor compounds 13. Germanium 14. Gold and Gold mining 15. Indium 16. Iridium 17. Iron 18. Lanthanum 19. Lead 20. Lithium 21. Manganese 22. Mercury 23. Molybdenum 24. Nickel 25. Osmium 26. Palladium 27. Platinum 28. Rhodium 29. Selenium 30. Silver 31. Tellurium 32. Thallium 33. Tin 34. Titanium 35. Tungsten 36. Uranium 37. Vanadium 38. Zinc