Essentials Of Environmental Toxicology
- ISBN-10
- 0203362799
- ISBN-13
- 9780203362792
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09-02
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Author
- William Hughes
Description
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 dose response, hazards and risk assessment, determination of toxicity, pesticides, metals, plastics, organic solvents, environmental carcinogens, teratogens and mutagens.
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