MAP20090087392Biological monitoring : an introduction / edited by Shane Que Hee. — New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, cop. 1993XX, 650 p. ; 26 cm.Fondo donado por el Sr. Enrique González Fernández, del INSHTSumario: Concepts in chemistry -- Concepts in biochemistry -- Exposure routes -- Distribution of xenobiotics after absorption -- Metabolism -- Excretion and the media for biological monitoring -- Medical surveillance -- Medical markers and factors that affect them -- Significance of selected medical monitoring and medical/health surveillance markers -- Adducts: an overview -- DNA adducts -- Hemoglobin binding as a dose monitor for human exposure to carcinogens and mutagens -- Basic immunology -- AIDS and HIV -- Some analytical chemistry approaches to virus detection -- AIDS therapy: functional changes in immune regulating proteins caused by preparation techniques -- Effectiveness of condoms as barriers to HIV-1 -- Guideline for the protection of laboratory workers from infectious disease transmitted by blood and tissue -- Volatile nitrites: a vald health concern -- Quantitative posturography as an early monitoring tool for chemical toxicity -- Biological exposure indices