Author | Hartman, David E. author |
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Title | Neuropsychological Toxicology [electronic resource] : Identification and Assessment of Human Neurotoxic Syndromes / by David E. Hartman |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1849-5 |
Descript | XXI, 525 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- Historical Antecedents of Neuropsychology -- Modern Neurobehavioral Toxicology -- Neuropsychological Testing Strategies -- Historical Views of Neurotoxicity -- Principles of Neurotoxic Damage -- Legislative Issues and Neurotoxic Damage -- Testing Subclinical Neurotoxic Effects -- Advantages of Neuropsychological Toxicology Assessment -- Unsolved Challenges in Assessment of Neurotoxic Syndromes -- Other Issues -- Neuropsychology in Toxic Substance Research -- Who Is at Risk? -- Symptoms of Concern -- Summary -- 2 Evaluation of Neurotoxic Syndromes -- Initial Medical Evaluation -- Health Questionnaire Construction -- Neuropsychological Toxicology Test Battery Construction -- Neuropsychological Toxicology Test Batteries -- Individual Tests -- Childrenโs Tests -- Interpretation of Neuropsychological Test Results -- Summary -- Testing Cautions -- Complementary Approaches -- 3 Metals -- History -- Variables That Affect Neurotoxicity -- Neuropsychological Testing of Metal Exposure -- Aluminum -- Antimony -- Arsenic -- Barium -- Bismuth -- Cadmium -- Chromium -- Copper -- Gold -- Iron -- Lead -- Lithium -- Manganese -- Mercury -- Nickel -- Platinum -- Selenium -- Silicon and Silicone -- Tellurium -- Thallium -- Tin and Organotins -- Tungsten Carbide -- Vanadium -- Zinc -- Other Metals -- 4 Solvents -- Exposure -- Diagnostic Procedures -- Solvent Mixtures -- Solvent Abuse -- Individual Solvents -- Prognosis for Chronic Solvent Exposure -- Conclusion -- 5 Alcohol -- Acute Effects -- Social Drinking -- Chronic Effects -- Which Tests Show Impairment? -- Recovery of Function -- Isopropyl Alcohol Abuse -- Conclusions -- 6 Drugs -- Prescription Drugs -- Abused and Nonprescription Drugs -- ConclusionsโNeuropsychological Toxicology of Drugs -- 7 Pesticides -- Routes of Exposure and Individuals at Risk -- Organophosphates -- Dursban -- Carbamates -- Chlorinated Hydrocarbons -- Chlorinated Cyclodienes -- Other Pesticides -- Fungicides and Fumigants -- Exposure to Combinations of Pesticides -- Herbicides -- 8 Other Neurotoxins -- Acrylamide -- Anesthetic Gases -- Arthrinium -- Aspartame -- Bromine -- Butane -- Carbon Monoxide -- Cassavism -- Chlorine -- Cyanide -- Cycads -- Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation -- Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome -- Ethyl Chloride -- Ethylene Oxide -- Foods -- Food Additives -- Formaldehyde -- Jet Fuels -- Hydrogen Sulfide -- Hyperbaric Nitrogen -- Ionizing Radiation -- Lathyrus sativus (Neurolathyrism) -- Ozone -- Pentaborane -- Phenol -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls -- Propane -- Silicon and Silicone -- Toxic Oil Syndrome -- 9 Psychosomatic Disorders -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity -- Sick Building Syndrome -- Mass Psychogenic Illness -- Workplace Stress -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Chronic Technological Disaster -- 10 Forensic and Private Practice Issues -- Toxic Torts -- Applying Research Data to Clinical Cases -- References