Essentials of toxic chemical risk [electronic resource] : science and society / Stephen Penningroth.
By: Penningroth, Stephen.
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BookPublisher: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010Description: xvii, 194 p. : ill.ISBN: 9780203022627 (ebook : PDF).Subject(s): Environmental toxicology | Poisons -- Risk assessment | Science -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Distributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access. Also available in print edition.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ch. 1. Toxic chemical risk as science and social discourse -- ch. 2. Environmental pathways of toxic chemicals -- ch. 3. Dose-effect : the foundation of toxicological science -- ch. 4. Human populations at risk -- ch. 5. The cornerstone of risk assessment : toxicity testing in animals -- ch. 6. The body's defenses against chemical toxicity -- ch. 7. Mechanisms of chemical disease -- ch. 8. Human health risk assessment -- ch. 9. Ecological risk assessment -- ch. 10. Managing chemical risk in North America and Europe.
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