Biologic Markers in Urinary Toxicology

Diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate exact an enormous human and economic toll on the population of the United States. This book examines prevention of these diseases through the development of various markers of susceptibility, exposure, and effect.

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Diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate exact an enormous human and economic toll on the population of the United States. This book examines prevention of these diseases through the development of reliable markers of susceptibility, exposure, and effect and the promise that new technologies in molecular biology and sophisticated understanding of metabolic pathways, along with classical approaches to the study of nephrotoxicants and carcinogens, can be developed and prevention of the diseases achieved. The specific recommendations included in this book complement those made in the previous three volumes on biomarkers, Biologic Markers in Reproductive Toxicology (1989), Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology (1989), and Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology (1991).

Table of Contents


FRONT MATTER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
2 TOXIC EXPOSURE OF THE URINARY TRACT
3 BIOLOGIC MARKERS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY AND EXPOSURE
4 BIOLOGIC MARKERS OF EFFECT
5 BIOLOGIC MARKERS IN EXTRAPOLATION
6 NEW TECHNOLOGIES
7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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