Essentials Of Environmental Toxicology

by William Hughes

Overview

This introductory text addresses the principles and mechanisms of toxicology as applied to environmentally-encountered toxic agents. Each chapter concludes with review questions that may be used for student self-testing and topics covered include

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780203362792
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction to environmental toxicology; toxicological concepts; dose- response relationships; absorption of toxicants; distrobution and storage of toxicants; biotransformation and elimination of toxicants; target organ toxicityl teratogenesis, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis; environmental toxicants; risk assessment.