The dose makes the poison : a plain-language guide to toxicology / / Patricia Frank, M. Alice Ottoboni
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| Autore: |
Frank Patricia
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| Titolo: |
The dose makes the poison : a plain-language guide to toxicology / / Patricia Frank, M. Alice Ottoboni
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 3rd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Toxicology |
| Poisons | |
| Altri autori: |
OttoboniM. Alice
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | THE DOSE MAKES THE POISON; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; CHAPTER 1: WHAT ARE CHEMICALS?; CHAPTER 2: WHAT HARM DO CHEMICALS CAUSE?; CHAPTER 3: WHAT IS TOXICOLOGY ?; CHAPTER 4: WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS?; CHAPTER 5: HOW IS TOXICOLOGY STUDIED?; CHAPTER 6: GENERAL TOXICOLOGY; CHAPTER 7: MUTAGENESIS AND CARCINOGENESIS; CHAPTER 8: DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; CHAPTER 9: CASE STUDIES IN TOXICOLOGY; CHAPTER 10: EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHAPTER 11: THE STUDY OF RISK; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This new edition of a widely-read and highly-acclaimed book broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other types of compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to the 3rd edition are newer issues-of-the-day such as nanoparticulate toxicants, second hand smoke, food contamination, lead in toys, and others. As such, the book provides the basics of toxicology in easy-to-understand language as well as a fuller understanding of |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The dose makes the poison |
| ISBN: | 0-470-92273-7 |
| 1-283-02541-8 | |
| 9786613025418 | |
| 0-470-91844-6 | |
| 0-470-91843-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910877206603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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