Principles and methods for assessing autoimmunity associated with exposure to chemicals
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Organisation mondiale de la santé.; Programme international sur la sécurité des substances chimiques.
- ناشر : Geneva : World Health Organization, cop
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9789241572361
Description
TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; NOTE TO READERS OF THE CRITERIA MONOGRAPHS; PREAMBLE; WHO TASK GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA ON PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING AUTOIMMUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1. SUMMARY; 2. INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS OF AUTOIMMUNITY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: FOCUS ON AUTOIMMUNE MECHANISMS; 4. INTRINSIC FACTORS IN AUTOIMMUNITY; 5. CLINICAL EXPRESSION OF HUMAN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; 6. EPIDEMIOLOGY; 7. MECHANISMS OF CHEMICAL-ASSOCIATED AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSES
This new volume in the Environmental Health Criteria series provides a framework for the evaluation of the role of chemical risk factors in the development of autoimmune diseases. In addition to a general introduction to autoimmune mechanisms and clinical expression of autoimmune diseases, a discussion of mechanisms of chemical-associated autoimmune responses precedes information on a range of chemical and other agents. Animal models and human testing for autoimmune disease and the application of information in risk assessment are presented. This book will be useful to biology and toxicology
