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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825530303321

Autore

Penningroth Stephen

Titolo

Essentials of toxic chemical risk : science and society / / Stephen Penningroth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-09542-2

0-203-02262-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

615.902

Soggetti

Environmental toxicology

Poisons -- Risk assessment

Science -- Social aspects

Environmental toxicology - Risk assessment

Poisons - Social aspects

Science

Public Health

Toxicology & Public Health

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Toxic Chemical Risk as Science and Social Discourse; Body; Chapter 2: Environmental Pathways of Toxic Chemicals; Chapter 3: Dose-Effect; Chapter 4: Human Populations at Risk; Chapter 5: The Cornerstone ofRisk Assessment; Chapter 6: The Body's Defenses against Chemical Toxicity; Chapter 7: Mechanisms of Chemical Disease; Chapter 8: Human Health Risk Assessment; Chapter 9: Ecological Risk Assessment; Chapter 10: Managing Chemical Risk in North America and Europe; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Covers the science that underlies toxic chemical risk assessment, the physiological and molecular bases of chemical toxicity, the process of assessing toxic chemical risk to human health and the environment,



and the strategies employed in managing it. This book introduces the basics of toxicology from a risk assessment perspective.