Methods in Radioimmunoassay, Toxicology, and Related Areas, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974
Progress in Analytical Chemistry Series

The Fifteenth Eastern Analytical Symposium and the Twelfth National Meeting of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy were held jointly in New York, November 14-16, 1973. In cooperation with the Detroit Analytical Chemists' Association, the Anachem Award in Analytical Chemistry was presented at this meeting to Dr. Rosalyn S. Ya1ow, the co­ inventor (with Dr. S. Berson) of the radioimmunoassay technique. It is our privilege to include in this volume Dr. Ya1ow's award address, a review of radioimmunoassay, together with a series of three papers on related subjects, respectively by Dr. Juan M. Saavedra, Drs. Claude E. Arnaud and H. Bryan Brewer, Jr., and Dr. Sheldon P. Rothenberg. This session was organized and chaired by Dr. D. S. McCann. Following this are three papers on analytical toxicology in clinical chemistry, by Dr. R. A. Scala, Dr. Charles L. Winek, and Dr. James E. Gibson, a session also chaired by Dr. McCann. Finally appear two papers on the general subject of analytical developments at the FDA, by Dr. Albert L. Woodson and Dr. Walter Holak, from a session under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Walters. All of these contributions, written by experts in their respective fields, make worthy additions to the continuing literature of analytical chemistry.

Radioimmunoassay: Its Past, Present, and Potential.- Measurement of Biogenic Amines at the Picogram Level.- Parathyroid Hormone: Structure and Immunoheterogeneity.- In Vitro Radioisotopic Methods for Clinical Evaluation of Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Metabolism.- to Toxicology.- Forensic Toxicology.- Role of Biotransformation Reactions in Prenatal and Postnatal Chemical Toxicity.- The Use of Electrochemical Techniques in FDA Analytical Procedures.- Atomic Absorption in Food Analysis — Special Techniques for Traces of Heavy Metals.