Arsenic exposure and health effects : proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, July 14-18, 2002, San Diego, California

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- PART I: OCCURRENCE AND EXPOSURE -- Chapter 1. Groundwater Arsenic Exposure in India -- Chapter 2. Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Nepal: a new challenge for water supply sector -- Chapter 3. Environmental Impacts, Exposure Assessment and Health Effects related to Arsenic Emissions from a Coal-Fired Power Plant in Central Slovakia; the EXPASCAN Study -- Chapter 4. Trivalent Arsenic Species: Analysis, Stability, and Interaction with a Protein -- Chapter 5. Arsenic in Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada -- Chapter 6. Occurrence of Public Health and Environmental Hazards and Potential Remediation of Arsenic-Containing Soils, Sediments, Surface Water and Groundwater at the Lava Cap Mine NPL Superfund Site in Nevada County, California -- Chapter 7. Investigation of Arsenic Release from Sediment Minerals to Water Phases -- Chapter 8. Arsenic and Heavy Metal Contamination of Rice, Pulses and Vegetables Grown in Samta Village, Bangladesh -- PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGY -- Chapter 9. Criteria for Case Definition of Arsenicosis -- Chapter 10. Arsenic Exposure Alters Purine Metabolism in Rats, Mice, and Humans -- Chapter 11. Risk Analysis of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Incidence in Arsenic Exposed Population -- Chapter 12. Effect of Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water on Skin Cancer Prevalence in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley -- PART III: BIOMARKERS AND ANIMAL MODELS -- Chapter 13. Alteration of GSH Level, Gene Expression and Cell Transformation in NIH3T3 Cells by Chronic Exposure to Low Dose of Arsenic -- Chapter 14. Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Potential Arsenic Exposure from Mine Tailings to Grazing Cattle -- Chapter 15. Does Arsenic Require a Carcinogenic Partner? -- Chapter 16. Carcinogenicity of Dimethylarsinic Acid and Relevant Mechanisms -- PART IV: MODE OF ACTION -- Chapter 17. Enzymology and Toxicity of Inorganic Arsenic -- Chapter 18. Structural Proteomics of Arsenic Transport and Detoxification -- Chapter 19. A Novel S-adenosylmethionine-dependent Methyltransferase from Rat Liver Cytosol Catalyzes the Formation of Methylated Arsenicals -- Chapter 20. Metabolism of Arsenic and Gene Transcription Regulation: Mechanism of AP-1 Activation by Methylated Trivalent Arsenicals -- Chapter 21. Effect of Antioxidants on the Papilloma Response and Liver Glutathione Modulation Mediated by Arsenic in Tg. AC Transgenic Mice -- Chapter 22. Application of Filter Arrays to the Study of Arsenic Toxicity and Carcinogenesis -- Chapter 23. Regulation of Redox and DNA Repair Genes by Arsenic: Low Dose Protection Against Oxidative Stress?. -- Chapter 24. Carcinogenicity of Dimethylarsinic Acid (DMAV) -- Chapter 25. Urinary Speciation of Sodium Arsenate in Folate Receptor Knockout Mice -- Chapter 26. Some Chemical Properties Underlying Arsenic's Biological Activity -- Chapter 27. Arsenic Metabolism in Hyperbilirubinemic Rats: Distribution and Excretion in Relation to Transformation -- Chapter 28. Incorporating Mechanistic Insights in a PBPK Model for Arsenic -- PART V: INTERVENTION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT -- Chapter 29. Natural History Following Arsenic Exposure: A Study in an Arsenic Endemic Area of West Be.