- Introduction--Formation and Analyses of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines, K.D. Brunnemann, B. Prokopczyk, M.V. Djordjevic, and D. Hoffmann--Synthesis of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines (TSNA) and Their Metabolites and Results of Related Bioassays, S.A. Amin, D. Desai, S.S. Hecht, and D. Hoffmann--Endogenous Formation of Nitrosamines and Oxidative DNA Damaging Agents in Tobacco Users, J. Nair, H. Ohshima, U.J. Nair, and H. Bartsch--Recent Studies on Mechanisms of Bioactivation and Detoxification of 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), a Tobacco-Specific Lung Carcinogen, S.S. Hecht--Epidemiology of Cancer by Tobacco Products and the Significance of TSNA, P.C. Gupta, P.R. Murti, and R.B. Bhonsle--The Biological Significance of Tobacco-Specific N-Nitrosamines: Smoking and Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, D. Hoffmann, A. Rivenson, and S.S. Hecht--Concluding Remarks
This remarkable book provides updates on various aspects of tobacco - its chemical and biological nature, and its physiological effects.
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