Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines Recent Advances

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Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines Recent Advances

Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines Recent Advances

Published:

May 10, 1996 by CRC Press - 85 Pages

Author(s):

Roger O. McClellan, Consultant, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Hardback

$125.95

ISBN 9780849311567

Cat# 1156

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Physicians

Pharmacologist

Toxicologists

Health Professionals

Pollution Professionals

Environmental Chemists

The paragraph that follows is sort of odd, describing the history of how this book came about. It would be nice to separate it from the main text, maybe in a shaded box down one side of the flyer, or something like that.

Summary

This remarkable book provides updates on various aspects of tobacco - its chemical and biological nature, and its physiological effects.

Introduction
Formation and Analyses of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines, K.D. Brunnemann, B. Prokopczyk, M.V. Djordjevic, and D. Hoffmann
Synthesis of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines (TSNA) and Their Metabolites and Results of Related Bioassays, S.A. Amin, D. Desai, S.S. Hecht, and D. Hoffmann
Endogenous Formation of Nitrosamines and Oxidative DNA Damaging Agents in Tobacco Users, J. Nair, H. Ohshima, U.J. Nair, and H. Bartsch
Recent Studies on Mechanisms of Bioactivation and Detoxification of 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), a Tobacco-Specific Lung Carcinogen, S.S. Hecht
Epidemiology of Cancer by Tobacco Products and the Significance of TSNA, P.C. Gupta, P.R. Murti, and R.B. Bhonsle
The Biological Significance of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines: Smoking and Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, D. Hoffmann, A. Rivenson, and S.S. Hecht
Concluding Remarks