Teratology in the Twentieth Century: Congenital Malformations in Humans and How their Environmental Causes were EstablishedElsevier, 2003 M06 6 - 166 pages This book is an an up-to-date survey and summary of present knowledge and future expectations regarding the environmental causes of congenital malformations in human beings, beginning with the earliest discoveries of the 20th century up to the latest ideas and problems at its end, presents views and comments on the progress made over the century in understanding human prenatal maldevelopment. |
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Page 131
... 152 Teratological principles 152 Timing and malformation pattern 152 The 1964 epidemic 153 Time versus agent: the “critical' period 153 The debate 154 Gestational age and frequency 154 An old disease 155 A. N EuroTOX COLOGY CONTENTS.
... 152 Teratological principles 152 Timing and malformation pattern 152 The 1964 epidemic 153 Time versus agent: the “critical' period 153 The debate 154 Gestational age and frequency 154 An old disease 155 A. N EuroTOX COLOGY CONTENTS.
Page 133
... Agent Orange Wartime use 200 Male exposure toxicity 201 Exposure of Vietnamese nationals 201 Exposure of US military 201 Ranch handers and reproduction 202 Exposure of Australian military 202 Agricultural and occupational herbicide ...
... Agent Orange Wartime use 200 Male exposure toxicity 201 Exposure of Vietnamese nationals 201 Exposure of US military 201 Ranch handers and reproduction 202 Exposure of Australian military 202 Agricultural and occupational herbicide ...
Page 134
... agents as but one of the causes of defective development. Puzzlement over abnormal development has many strands; it cannot be confined to the bounds of a single discipline, and that is why its varied threads interweave with an amazing ...
... agents as but one of the causes of defective development. Puzzlement over abnormal development has many strands; it cannot be confined to the bounds of a single discipline, and that is why its varied threads interweave with an amazing ...
Page 135
... agents have amounted to a handful of infectious, metabolic, endocrinological, environmental, and pharmaceutical culprits, sometimes prematurely incriminated and later absolved. The inner world as well has yielded recognition of its ...
... agents have amounted to a handful of infectious, metabolic, endocrinological, environmental, and pharmaceutical culprits, sometimes prematurely incriminated and later absolved. The inner world as well has yielded recognition of its ...
Page 140
... agents affecting the phenotype without effect on the genotype,” were included all imaginable types of environmental agents-mechanical, actinic, chemical (excessive, inadequate), temperature (high, low), and infectious—almost all known ...
... agents affecting the phenotype without effect on the genotype,” were included all imaginable types of environmental agents-mechanical, actinic, chemical (excessive, inadequate), temperature (high, low), and infectious—almost all known ...
Contents
CHAPTER 12 SURVEILLANCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 181 |
CHAPTER 13 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | 182 |
CHAPTER 14 HUMAN DISEASE AS TERATOGEN | 185 |
CHAPTER 15 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS | 197 |
CHAPTER 16 DISEASE MEDICATION AND TERATOGENESIS | 210 |
CHAPTER 17 FOLIC ACID AND HUMAN MALFORMATIONS | 224 |
CHAPTER 18 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY | 237 |
CHAPTER 19 THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EXPECTATION | 255 |
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CHAPTER 10 TESTING FOR TERATOGENICITY | 173 |
CHAPTER 11 TERATOLOGICAL DETOURS | 175 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 256 |
INDEX | 283 |
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