Neal L. Benowitz (ed.)

Nicotine Safety and Toxicity

Herausgeber: Benowitz, Neal L

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Among the topics covered are cardiovascular disease, cancer, reproductive toxicity (including fetal toxicity and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), behavioral toxicity (including abuse liability and addiction to nicotine medication), and gastrointestinal disease. Finally, contributions explore the risks and benefits of nicotine as a medication. The authors are world-renowned experts on their respective topics. No other book addresses nicotine toxicity in the depth or breadth of this volume. A book on the cutting edge of contemporary public health discourse, Nicotine Safety is an up-to-date and lucid overview of current knowledge on the subject. It will be a necessary addition to the bookshelves of clinicians with an interest in tobacco and health, drug developers and researchers, pharmacologists and toxicologists, public health researchers and policy-makers.

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Papers from the symposium: The Safety and Toxicity of Nicotine, held in Braselton, Georgia, on December 6, 1996. Examines the potential risks of nicotine as a therapeutic medication for diseases such as: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Tourette syndrome, sleep apnea, attention deficit disorder, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780195114966
• ISBN-10: 0195114965
• Artikelnr.: 22421662

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Neal L. Benowitz: Nicotine Pharmacology and Addiction
* I. Nicotine and Cardiovascular Disease
* 2: Neal L. Benowitz: Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine:
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations
* 3: Steve Gourlay: Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine in Animals
* 4: Ake Wennmalm: Cardiovascular Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Snuff
* 5: Stephen I. Rennard, David Daughton, John Windle: Toxicity of
Nicotine Replacement in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
* II. Nicotine and Cancer
* 6: Neal Castagnoli, Jr., Xin Liu, Mark K. Shigenanga, Richard
Wardrop, Kay Castagnoli: The Metabolic Fate of (S)-Nicotine and its
Pyrrolic Analog b-nicotyrine
* 7: Stephen S. Hecht, Anna Borukhova, Steven G. Carmella:
Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
* 8: Hildegard M. Schuller: Nicotine and Lung Cancer
* III. Nicotine and Reproduction
* 9: T.A. Slotkin: The Impact of Fetal Nicotine Exposure on Nervous
System Development and Its Role in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS)
* 10: Gideon Koren, Chrisoula Eliopoulos, Julia Klein: Measuring Fetal
Exposure to Nicotine
* 11: Cheryl A. Oncken, Hildur Hardardottir, James S. Smeltzer: Human
Studies of Nicotine Replacement During Pregnancy
* IV. Behavioral Toxicity of Nicotine
* 12: Maxine L. Stitzer, Harriet de Wit: Abuse Liability of Nicotine