Issues and Reviews in Teratology

1 My Half-Life in Teratology: A Key to Cancer Etiology.- 1. Early Days.- 2. High School.- 3. College.- 4. Medical School.- 5. Internship.- 6. Residency.- 7. Radiobiology.- 8. Rochester.- 9. Japan.- 10. Washington.- 11. Michigan and Japan.- 12. Bethesda.- 13. The Study Section.- 14. The Teratology Society.- 15. U. S.-Japan Workshops.- 16. Short Sabbatical in Honolulu.- 17. Caracas.- 18. Professor Marois.- 19. National Childhood Cancer Death Registry.- 20. International Childhood Cancer Study.- 21. The Alert Clinician as Etiologist.- 22. Minamata Disease.- 23. Dioxin.- 24. Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome and Neuroblastoma.- 25. Chernobyl.- 26. The Clinical Epidemiology Branch.- 27. What Else?.- 28. In Perspective.- References.- 2 Intergenerational Factors in Pregnancy Outcome: Implications for Teratology?.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Evidence for the Influence of Maternal Growth on Pregnancy Outcome.- 3. Intergenerational Factors in Neural Tube Defects.- 4. Other Evidence for Preconceptional Factors.- 5. Critical Period(s) of Maternal Growth.- 6. Clues to Possible Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Phenomenon.- 7. The Pathway of the Intergenerational Phenomenon.- 8. Hypothetical Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Phenomenon.- 9. Problems of Pregnancy Outcome in Perspective.- 10. Other Health Problems Related to Growth Retardation.- 11. Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 3 Epidemiological Studies of Congenital Abnormalities in Hungary.- 1. Concepts and Development.- 2. Descriptive Epidemiology.- 3. Analytical Epidemiology.- 4. Experimental Epidemiology.- 5. Conclusions.- References.- 4 A Contemporary Overview of Behavioral Teratology: A Perspective from the Field of Substance Abuse.- 1. Introduction.- 2. A Brief History.- 3. Changing Terms and Definitions.- 4.Methodological Issues in Animal Studies.- 5. Methadone: A Conflict of Paradigms.- 6. Cannabis, ?9-THC: The Role of Maternal Toxicity.- 7. The Cocaine Puzzle: Interpretive Issues in Human Studies.- 8.