Environmental toxicology:
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Main Author: Wright, David A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press ©2002
Series:Cambridge environmental chemistry series 11
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The emergence of environmental toxicology as science -- - The historical background: Classical toxicology, ecotoxicology, and environmental toxicology -- - Social aspects: The environmental movement -- - Social aspects: Regulation -- - Education in environmental toxicology -- - The role of technology -- - The science of environmental toxicology: Concepts and definitions -- - The development of environmental toxicology -- - An historical perspective on the science of environmental toxicology -- - An evolutionary perspective on environmental toxicology -- - Assessment of toxicity -- - The dose-response -- - The acute toxicity bioassay -- - Subacute (chronic) toxicity assays -- - The relationship between acute and chronic toxicity -- - Statistical considerations -- - Comparative bioassays -- - Sediment toxicity assays -- - Toxicity at the molecular level -- - Carcinogenesis -- - Genotoxicity assays -- - Chromosome studies -- - The concept of threshold toxicity -- - Hormesis -- - Receptors -- - Routes and kinetics of toxicant uptake -- - General considerations -- - Route of toxicant uptake -- - Skin -- - Lungs -- - Gills -- - Digestive system -- - Toxicant uptake by plants -- - Uptake at the tissue and cellular level -- - Toxicokinetics -- - Single-compartment model -- - Two-compartment model -- - Volume of distribution -- - Transporter-mediated transport -- - Lethal body burden (critical body residue) -- - Methodological approaches -- - The general concepts and principles for biological indicators -- - Tolerance and resistance to potentially toxic substances
Environmental Toxicology is a comprehensive introductory textbook dealing with all aspects of the subject. It is primarily a text for students in environmental toxicology, environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, applied ecology, environmental management, and risk assessment. It will also be valuable for specialists in ecology, environmental science, and chemistry
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 630 pages)
ISBN:0511075928
0511077491
0511156928
0511805993
0521581516
052158860X
9780511075926
9780511077494
9780511156922
9780511805998
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