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PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY

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INDEX<br />

Absorbed dose, defined, 4<br />

Absorption mechanisms:<br />

in human body, 35-36<br />

metals pharmacokinetics, 328<br />

organophosphateicarbamate pesticides, 347--348<br />

solvent exposure, 3722373<br />

toxic agents, 4145<br />

gastrointestinal tract, 4143<br />

lungs, 43345<br />

skin, 43<br />

Acceptable ambient-air level (AAAL), environmental<br />

exposure guidelines with, 3 1-32<br />

Acetaldehyde, toxicology, 387-388<br />

Acetone, toxicology, 3899390<br />

Acetophone, toxicology, 389<br />

Acetylation, biotransformation, 74<br />

Acetylcholine (ACh):<br />

neurotransmitter activity, 148-149<br />

reptile and amphibian venom toxicology, 424425<br />

synaptic neurotoxicity, 15 1<br />

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE):<br />

neurotransmitter activity, 148-149<br />

organophosphateicarbamate pesticides, 347<br />

organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy<br />

(OPIDN), 350<br />

synaptic neurotoxicity, 15 1<br />

Acid anhydride, immunotoxicity, 203<br />

Acneiform dermatoses, dermal toxicity, 163-164<br />

Acquired immunity, immunotoxicity, 190<br />

Acrolein, toxicology, 386, 388<br />

Activation, xenobiotic metabolism, enzyme activity,<br />

15<br />

Active transport, toxic agents, 40<br />

Acute accidental poisoning, toxicity data in studies<br />

of, 13<br />

Acute exposure:<br />

defined 4<br />

herbicides, 356<br />

metals toxicity, 33 1<br />

organochlorine insectides, 353<br />

organophosphate/carbamate pesticides, 348-349<br />

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), benzene<br />

exposure, 103-104<br />

Acute renal failure (ARF), nephrotoxicity and, 137<br />

Acute toxicity:<br />

defined, 4<br />

errors in measurement of, 20<br />

relative ranking system for, 19-20<br />

Acute transforming retroviruses, oncogenes, 280<br />

Adenomas:<br />

classification, 267-268<br />

hepatoxicity and 123<br />

Administration routes of carcinogens, carcinogenicity<br />

studies, 2955296<br />

Administrative controls:<br />

carbon dioxide exposure studies, 549<br />

control technologies for hazardous materials, 540<br />

Adverse effects, dose-response data and, 27-28<br />

Aerosols:<br />

metals as, 329<br />

pulmonotoxicity and absorption of, 174-175<br />

Aflatoxins, sources of, 419<br />

Age characteristics:<br />

arsenic risk assessment studies, 489490<br />

dose-response data, 23-24<br />

xenobiotic metabolism, 82<br />

Aggregation of disease, epidemiologic studies, 520<br />

“Aging” pesticides, absorption and metabolism, 348<br />

Agonists, natural venoms and toxin neurotoxicity,<br />

411413<br />

Air exposure measurements:<br />

antimony carcinogenicity risk studies, 495496<br />

occupational health hazards control, sampling<br />

techniques, 534-536<br />

Air pollutant gases, pulmonotoxicity, 180<br />

Alcohol. See also Ethanol<br />

toxicology, 382-384<br />

R-OH, 382-383<br />

simple alcohols, 383-384<br />

Aldehydes, toxicology, 385-388<br />

Alicyclic solvents, toxicity, 378-379<br />

Aliphatic organic solvents:<br />

toxicity, 377-378,402404<br />

toxicology, 398402<br />

Alkaloidal toxins:<br />

in flowering plants, 421<br />

in mushrooms, 418419<br />

Alkanes:<br />

halogenated alkanes, toxicology, 391-397<br />

toxicity, 377-378<br />

Alkylating agents:<br />

carcinogenicity, 274<br />

genetic toxicity and 247,249<br />

Alkylbenzenes, toxicology of, 380-381<br />

Alkyl cyanides, toxicology, 404405<br />

Allergens, allergic contact dermatitis, 162<br />

Allergic reaction:<br />

contact dermatitis, 161-162<br />

Principles of Toxicology: Environmental and Industrial Applications, Second Edition, Edited by Phillip L. Williams,<br />

Robert C. James, and Stephen M. Roberts.<br />

ISBN 0-471-29321-0 © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />

575

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