Title | Issues and Reviews in Teratology [electronic resource] : Volume 6 / edited by Harold Kalter |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2906-4 |
Descript | XIII, 234 p. online resource |
1 My Half-Life in Teratology: A Key to Cancer Etiology -- 1. Early Days -- 2. High School -- 3. College -- 4. Medical School -- 5. Internship -- 6. Residency -- 7. Radiobiology -- 8. Rochester -- 9. Japan -- 10. Washington -- 11. Michigan and Japan -- 12. Bethesda -- 13. The Study Section -- 14. The Teratology Society -- 15. U. S.-Japan Workshops -- 16. Short Sabbatical in Honolulu -- 17. Caracas -- 18. Professor Marois -- 19. National Childhood Cancer Death Registry -- 20. International Childhood Cancer Study -- 21. The Alert Clinician as Etiologist -- 22. Minamata Disease -- 23. Dioxin -- 24. Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome and Neuroblastoma -- 25. Chernobyl -- 26. The Clinical Epidemiology Branch -- 27. What Else? -- 28. In Perspective -- References -- 2 Intergenerational Factors in Pregnancy Outcome: Implications for Teratology? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evidence for the Influence of Maternal Growth on Pregnancy Outcome -- 3. Intergenerational Factors in Neural Tube Defects -- 4. Other Evidence for Preconceptional Factors -- 5. Critical Period(s) of Maternal Growth -- 6. Clues to Possible Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Phenomenon -- 7. The Pathway of the Intergenerational Phenomenon -- 8. Hypothetical Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Phenomenon -- 9. Problems of Pregnancy Outcome in Perspective -- 10. Other Health Problems Related to Growth Retardation -- 11. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 3 Epidemiological Studies of Congenital Abnormalities in Hungary -- 1. Concepts and Development -- 2. Descriptive Epidemiology -- 3. Analytical Epidemiology -- 4. Experimental Epidemiology -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- 4 A Contemporary Overview of Behavioral Teratology: A Perspective from the Field of Substance Abuse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Brief History -- 3. Changing Terms and Definitions -- 4. Methodological Issues in Animal Studies -- 5. Methadone: A Conflict of Paradigms -- 6. Cannabis, ?9-THC: The Role of Maternal Toxicity -- 7. The Cocaine Puzzle: Interpretive Issues in Human Studies -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- 5 Do Thresholds Exist for Developmental Toxicants? A Review of the Theoretical and Experimental Evidence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Assessing Whether Thresholds Exist -- 3. Factors Contributing to Developmental Toxicity Thresholds -- 4. Individual and Population Heterogeneity in Susceptibility -- 5. Practical Solutions -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- 6 The History of His Life and Career -- 1. My Childhood -- 2. My Education -- 3. The Second World War Hiatus -- 4. Masters and Disciples -- 5. Single and Double Monstrosities -- 6. Hormonal Intersexuality among Birds -- 7. Organ Cultures in Vitro -- 8. Cancer Cultures -- 9. Regulation and Regeneration -- 10. My Travels Abroad and My Relationships with Scientists from Various Countries -- 11. The Academies -- 12. Retirement