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Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, Fourth Edition bridges the gap between established knowledgebase and new advances in metal toxicology to provide one essential reference for all those involved in the field. This book provides comprehensive coverage of basic toxicological data, emphasizing toxic effects primarily in humans, but also those of animals and biological systems in vitro. The fourth edition also contains several new chapters on important topics such as nanotoxicology, metals in prosthetics and dental implants, gene-environment interaction, neurotoxicology, metals in food, renal, cardiovascular, and diabetes effects of metal exposures and more. Volume I covers "General Considerations and Volume II is devoted to "Specific Metals. A multidisciplinary resource with contributions from internationally-recognized experts, the fourth edition of the Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals is a prominent and indispensable reference for toxicologists, physicians, pharmacologists, engineers, and all those involved in the toxicity of metals. * Contains 61 peer reviewed chapters dealing with the effects of metallic elements and their compounds on biological systems* Includes information on sources, transport and transformation of metals in the environment and on certain aspects of the ecological effects of metals to provide a basis for better understanding of the potential for adverse effects on human health* Covers the toxicology of metallic nanomaterials in a new comprehensive chapter* Metal toxicology in developing countries is dealt with in another new chapter emphasizing the adverse effects on human health by the inadequate handling of "ewaste * Other new chapters in the 4th edition include: Toxic metals in food; Toxicity of metals released from medical devices; Gene-environment interactions; Neurotoxicology of metals; Cardiovascular disease; Renal effects of exposure to metals; Gold and gold mining; Iridium; Lanthanum; Lithium and Rhodium

Dr Gunnar F. Nordberg, MD, PhD, is an emeritus Professor at Umea University, Umea, Sweden, where he served as chairman of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine for many years. He has also worked as a scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France and as a Professor and chairman at the Department of Environmental Medicine, Odense University, Denmark. He has published more than 270 papers in Scientific Journals and International Handbooks. In addition, he edited or co-edited 23 Scientific Books and participated in International Task Groups evaluating Risks of Environmental Agents which resulted in 25 international books. Some of these publications resulted from his activities as a chairman of the Scientific Committee on the Toxicology of Metals, International Commission on Occupational Health. He is presently the Task Group Chairman of Cadmium Risk Assessment in the Toxicology and Risk Assessment Group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. His Scientific Publications are mainly on Toxicology and Epidemiology of environmental agents, particularly metals. He has coordinated EU- projects on Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology of Metals and participated as an active scientist in several such projects. He has been the principal investigator of many research projects funded by Swedish funding Agencies and is presently actively involved in such research. He is one of the editors of a Textbook in Swedish "Arbets- och Milj medicin , latest (3rd) Edition 2010. Chief Editor, Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 3rd Ed, published 2007 by Academic Press/Elsevier, new 4th edition publishing October 2014. He has extensive experience as an expert serving Swedish and International Authorities such as the Swedish National Board of Health (Socialstyrelsen), Japan Food Safety Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Environmental Health Studies (NIEHS), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) USA, World Health Organization HQ, Geneva/International Program on Chemical Safety; International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC, Lyon, France, World Health Organization, Europe/European Environment Agency, Copenhagen; European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy. Dr. Bruce A. Fowler Ph.D., A.T.S is currently a consultant and an Adjunct Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Presidents Professor of Biomedical Research at the University of Alaska- Fairbanks. He has previously held positions as a Senior Fellow/Expert Consultant at ICF International, Associate Director for Science in the Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine at ATSDR, Director of the System-wide Program in Toxicology at the University of Maryland and Senior Scientist at the NIEHS. He has been previously selected as a Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Fulbright Scholar and Swedish Medical Research Council Visiting Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden. He has chaired and served on a number of national / international committees in the area of metal toxicology including those of the National Academies of Science, WHO, IARC, National Institutes of Health, and USEPA. Dr. Fowler is the author of over 260 research papers and book chapters dealing with molecular mechanisms of metal toxicity and molecular biomarkers for early detection of metal-induced cell injury. He has been the editor or co-editor of 7 books or monographs on metal toxicology, mechanisms of chemical - induced cell injury and computational toxicology. His current research is focused on computational toxicology and the application of molecular biomarkers for risk assessments of chemical mixtures involving metals, particularly in relation to binary semiconductor materials such as gallium arsenide, indium arsenide as well