Discussing the role biosensors play in detecting and monitoring environmental substances Biosensors and Environmental Health provides key facts that can be applied to other areas of health and disease and a mini-dictionary of key terms and summary points. It covers personal toxicity testing soil and risk assessment pesticide insecticides parasites nitrate endocrine disruptors heavy metals food contamination whole cell bioreporters bacterial biosensors antibody-based biosensors enzymatic amperometric and electrochemical aspects quorum sensing DNA-biosensors cantilever biosensors bioluminescence and other methods and applications. The contributors are leading authorities and the book is essential reading for environmental scientists toxicologists medical doctors health care professionals pathologists biologists biochemists chemists and physicists general practitioners as well as those interested in disease and sciences in general.|Biosensors and Environmental Health | Science Publishers
