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Biochemical Mechanisms of Detoxification Detoxification Definition

Detoxification is one of the more widely used treatments and concepts in alternative medicine. It is based on the principle that illnesses can be caused by the accumulation of toxic substances (toxins) in the body.
 in Higher Plants: Basis of Phytoremediation phy·to·re·me·di·a·tion  
n.
The use of plants and trees to remove or neutralize contaminants, as in polluted soil or water.



phytoremediation  

See under bioremediation.
 G. Kvesitadze, G. Katisashvili, T. Sadunishvili, J.J. Ramsden New York:Springer, 2006. 256 pp. ISBN ISBN
abbr.
International Standard Book Number


ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
: 3-540-28996-8, $169

Building Healthy Communities in Environmental Justice Areas Janine M. Legg North Charleston, SC:BookSurge Publishing, 2006. 290 pp. ISBN: 1-4196-2757-0, $23.99

Clinical Applications of PCR PCR polymerase chain reaction.

PCR
abbr.
polymerase chain reaction


Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 
 Y. M. Dennis Lo, Rossa W.K. Chiu, K C. Allen Chan Totowa, NJ:Humana Press, 2006. 224 pp. ISBN: 1-58829-348-3, $99.50

Ecological Informatics: Scope, Techniques and Applications Friedrich Recknagel, ed. New York:Springer, 2006. 496 pp. ISBN: 3-540-28383-8, $139

Energy in the 21st Century John R Fanchi Hackensack, NJ:World Scientific Publishing Established in 1981, World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC) is one of the leading scientific publishers in the world, and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region.  Co., 2006. 256 pp. ISBN: 981-256-185-4, $52

Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood Timothy G. Townsend, Helena Solo-Gabriele Boca Raton, FL:CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor.  Press, 2006. 520 pp. ISBN: 0-8493-6495-7, $139.95

Environmental Risk Assessment Ian Lerche, Walter Glaesser, New York:Springer, 2006. 343 pp. ISBN: 3-540-26249-0, $139

Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council Washington, DC:National Academies Press, 2006. 576 pp. ISBN: 0-309-10129-8, $63

Hazardous Substances and Human Health T.M. Bachmann Burlington, MA:Elsevier, 2006. 612 pp. ISBN: 0-444-52218-2, $135

Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance: Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies Sebastian Oberthur, Thomas Gehring, eds. Cambridge, MA:MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Press, 2006, 424 pp. ISBN: 0-262-05115-X, $68

Medical Treatment of Intoxications and Decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc.

de·con·tam·i·na·tion
n.
 of Chemical Agents in the Area of Terrorist Attack Christophor Dishovsky, Alexander Pivovarov, Hendrik Benschop, eds. New York: Springer, 2006. 233 pp. ISBN: 1-4020-4169-1, $64.95

Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation Sung Hee Joo, I. Francis Cheng New York: Springer, 2006. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-387-28825-2, $89.95

New and Emerging Proteomic Techniques Dobrin Nedelkov, Randall W. Nelson Totowa, NJ:Humana Press, 2006. 260 pp. ISBN: 1-58829-519-2, $99.50

Perchlorate perchlorate: see chlorate. : Environmental Occurrence, Interactions and Treatment Baohua Gu, John D. Coates, eds. New York:Springer, 2006. 412 pp. ISBN: 0-387-31114-9, $99

Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Great Lakes Ronald Hires, ed. New York:Springer, 2006. 441 pp. ISBN: 3-540-29168-7, $309

Proteomics for Biological Discovery Timothy D. Veenstra, John R. Yates Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-471-16005-9, $69.95

The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours Eric Wolanski, ed. New York:Springer, 2006. 497 pp. ISBN: 1-4020-3654-X, $209

Toxicity Testing for Assessment of Environmental Agents: Interim Report Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents, National Research Council Washington, DC:National Academies Press, 2006. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-309-10093-3, $39

Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste Allison M. Mazfarlane, Rodney C. Ewing, eds. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 2006. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-262-13462-4, $72

What's the Beef?: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety Christopher Ansell, David Vogel, Eds. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 2006. 400 pp. ISBN: 0-262-01225-1, $67
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