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PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY

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Probability density functions (PDF), probabilistic risk<br />

assessment, 463464<br />

Probit models, cancer risk assessment studies, 456<br />

Procarcinogens:<br />

defined, 268<br />

electrophilic theory, 272<br />

examples of, 276<br />

Process modification, control technologies for<br />

hazardous materials, 537-538<br />

Professional independence, in occupational health,<br />

508<br />

Proflavin, genetic alteration and 247<br />

Progression, cancer initiation and promotion, 270<br />

Promotion, of carcinogenesis, 269-272<br />

n-Propanol, toxicology, 383.-384<br />

Proportional mortality ratio (PMR), epidemiologic<br />

studies, 5 18<br />

Prostaglandin H synthase (PHS), bladder structure<br />

and function, 134<br />

Protective equipment, control technologies for<br />

hazardous materials, 540-541<br />

Protein toxins:<br />

in flowering plants, 421-422<br />

in marine invertebrates, 429-430<br />

in sea anemones, 428-429<br />

Prothrombin time, hepatoxicity and, 125<br />

Protooncogenes:<br />

defined, 280-281<br />

encoded protein functions, 282<br />

Protoporphyrin, lead poisoning and 108<br />

Proximal tubule, structure and function, 132<br />

Proximate carcinogens:<br />

electrophilic theory, 272<br />

examples of, 276<br />

Pruritis, hepatoxicity and 124<br />

PutTerfish, venom toxicology in, 4255426<br />

Pulmonary defense, smoking and interference with,<br />

180<br />

Pulmonary edema:<br />

industrial-related disease mechanisms, 1833184<br />

pulmonotoxicity, gas exchange mechanisms, 173<br />

Pulmonotoxicity:<br />

air-pollutant gases, 180<br />

gas/vapor exposure, 1788179<br />

industrial-related disease mechanisms, 18 l-1 85<br />

airway irritation, 18 1<br />

allergic responses, 184<br />

asbestosis, 182<br />

emphysema, 183<br />

excess lung collagen, 182 -183<br />

fibrosis and pneumoconiosis, 18 1<br />

lung cancer, 185<br />

occupational asthma, 185<br />

occupational inhaled allergic disorders, 184<br />

pulmonary edema, 1833184<br />

silicosis, 182<br />

lung anatomy and physiology, 169-l 8 1<br />

clearance mechanisms, 176-178<br />

deposition mechanisms, 176<br />

INDEX 597<br />

gas exchange mechanisms, 172-- 174<br />

inhalation vs. ingestion, 174<br />

particle size measurements, 1755176<br />

particulates, 174-175<br />

sinus cavities, 170-171<br />

tracheobronchiolar region, 171-172<br />

upper airway, 169-l 70<br />

smoking, 180-l 8 1<br />

Putative carcinogenic mechanisms, antimony<br />

carcinogenicity risks, 493494<br />

Pyrethrins:<br />

chemical structure, 354<br />

history of use, 346<br />

Pyrethroids. See Synthetic pyrethroids<br />

Pyrethrum, chemical structure, 354<br />

Pyridine compounds, toxicology, 405<br />

Radical compounds, sperm cell development, cell-<br />

type specific toxicity, 214<br />

Radioactive materials, lung cancer and, 185<br />

Radiomimetic compounds, carcinogenicity, 273<br />

Rate difference, epidemiologic studies, 5 17<br />

Ratio ratio, epidemiologic studies, 5 17<br />

Reactive intermediates:<br />

enzymatic generation, 84-85<br />

toxicant classification, 83-85<br />

Real-time analysis, occupational health hazards<br />

control, 536<br />

Reasonable maximal exposure (RME) levels:<br />

arsenic risk assessment studies, 487488<br />

deterministic risk assessment, 462<br />

Receptor antagonists:<br />

natural venoms and toxin neurotoxicity, 413<br />

neurotransmitter inhibitors, 15 1<br />

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

411413<br />

Recognition of hazardous effects, occupational health<br />

hazards control and, 532-533<br />

Red blood cells (RBCs):<br />

aromatic amine exposure and 100-I 0 1<br />

autoimmune hemolytic anemia, 101<br />

growth and development, 91-92<br />

oxygen transport impairment, 95-97<br />

hemoglobin structure, 95-96<br />

hypoxia, 96-97<br />

toxic agents, 1055106<br />

cyanide poisoning, 105<br />

hydrogen sulfide, 1055106<br />

Reductive metabolism, biotransformation, 71-72<br />

Reference dose (RtD):<br />

risk assessment studies, 4488449<br />

arsenic risk assessment, 487490<br />

petroleum hydrocarbons exposure and risk,<br />

484486<br />

Safe Human Dose (SHD) calculations, 29<br />

Regulatory issues:<br />

organophosphateicarbamate pesticides, 351-352<br />

risk assessment, conservatism issue, 439440

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