Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk [[electronic resource] ] : Science and Society

• Autore: Penningroth Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : CRC Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.902
• Soggetto topico: Environmental toxicology; Poisons -- Risk assessment; Science -- Social aspects; Environmental toxicology - Risk assessment; Poisons - Social aspects; Science; Public Health; Toxicology & Public Health; Health & Biological Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk
• ISBN: 0-429-09542-2; 0-203-02262-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458378803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II