Metallic contaminants and human health / scientific editor, Douglas H. K. Lee.

New York ; London : Academic Press, 1972.

xvii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

On t.p.: Sponsored by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and John E. Fogarty International Center.

Copy 1, bears the library stamp of the Eugenics Society.

Introduction : concepts of environmental toxicology / Emil A. Pfitzer -- Part I: Major environmental contaminants: Mercury / Leonard J. Goldwater and Thomas W. Clarkson -- Lead / Robert A. Goyer and J. Julian Chisolm -- Cadmium / D. W. Fassett -- Part II: Other contaminants: Beryllium / Lloyd B. Tepper -- Five of Potential significant / Ralph G. Smith -- Fluorides -- Part III: Additional considerations: Nutritional aspects of metals / M. R. Spivey Fox -- Case finding: uses and limitations -- Analytical considerations / LLoyd B. Tepper.

Includes bibliographical references.