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Overview
Chemical Brain Injury--a book based on the extensive work of Dr. Kaye Kilburn with patients and communities suffering from brain injuries resulting from environmental (both occupational and accidental) exposures to chemicals--will make a significant contribution to the environmental health profession. Dr. Kilburn's research provides the scientific evidence for neurotoxic effects of a variety of commonly used chemicals on the human brain.Editorials
Booknews
Arguing that the brain and the central nervous system, including the affective or emotional centers, are targets for chemicals, Duke University physician and researchers Kaye Kilburn surveys and describes human brain injury from chemicals, based on some 250 patients examined in consultation and 14 populations tested after chemical exposure. The volume includes an introduction to the chemical "plague", neurobehavioral effects and exposure epidemiology, and methods for measuring neurobehavioral function, followed by ten chapters detailing studies performed on some various types of chemical exposure. Final chapters address the pervasiveness of impaired brains, mechanisms of brain damage from chemicals, prognosis and therapy, the future of neurotoxicology, legal proceedings, and social changes that are needed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
February 1, 1998
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471292142