Toxicology and Risk Assessment
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Toxicology and Risk Assessment

  1. 1,426 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Toxicology and Risk Assessment

About this book

The presence of chemicals in our environment is a subject of intense interest owing to the many potential adverse health effects to humans following exposure to these chemicals. The principles and practices of risk assessment are used to assess the associated health risks to provide a scientific and health basis for guidance or regulatory standards

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Yes, you can access Toxicology and Risk Assessment by Anna M. Fan, George Alexeeff, Elaine Khan, Anna M. Fan,George Alexeeff,Elaine Khan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Toxicology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Jenny Stanford Publishing
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9789814613392
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Toxicology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Contributors
  5. Chapter 1: Principles and Approaches for Human Health Risk Assessment of Environmental Contaminants
  6. Chapter 2: Dose–Response Assessment: Significance in Risk Assessment
  7. Chapter 3: Recent Advances in Cancer Risk Estimation
  8. Chapter 4: Consideration of Infants and Children in Risk Assessment
  9. Chapter 5: The Role of Epidemiology in Drinking-Water Risk Assessment
  10. Chapter 6: Approaches to Using Structure: Activity Relationship Analysis with Mechanistic Considerations to Assess Carcinogenic Hazard/Risk Potential of Chemical Substances
  11. Chapter 7: The Application of PBPK Modeling, the Bayesian Approach, and the Utilization of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation in Risk Assessment
  12. Chapter 8: Risk Assessment of Trichloroethylene
  13. Chapter 9: Fumigants: Toxicology and Development of Acute Reference Values for Methyl Bromide, Chloropicrin, and Methyl Iodide
  14. Chapter 10: Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Pesticides: Toxicity, Mechanisms, and Implications for Risk Assessment
  15. Chapter 11: Mode of Action Informs Endosulfan’s Pathways Leading to Developmental Male Reproductive Toxicity
  16. Chapter 12: Potential Carcinogenicity of Butyl Benzyl Phthalate
  17. Chapter 13: The Cell and Molecular Biology of Nickel Compound–Induced Neoplastic Transformation and Carcinogenesis
  18. Chapter 14: Asbestos
  19. Chapter 15: Nanomaterials and Human Health: Physicochemical Considerations
  20. Chapter 16: Nanomaterials: Feasibility and Challenges for Human Health Risk Assessment
  21. Chapter 17: Nanotechnology: Emerging Research and Implications for Health and Policy
  22. Chapter 18: Emergency Response: Toxicology and Risk Assessment
  23. Chapter 19: Toxicology Application in Drug Development
  24. Chapter 20: Application of Toxicology in Food Safety Assessment: Food Additives (Aluminum), Melamine, and Phthalates (Di[2-Ethylhexyl]phthalate)
  25. Chapter 21: Chemical Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment Practice in China
  26. Chapter 22: Federal–State Toxicology and Risk Analysis Committee (FSTRAC): Communication and Coordination of Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Environmental Contaminants
  27. Chapter 23: Aging: Characteristics, Exposure Factors, Epigenetics, and Assessment of Health Risks of Older Adults
  28. Chapter 24: Occupational Health and Safety Risks for the Aging Worker
  29. Chapter 25: Health Implications of Chemicals and Pharmaceutics in an Aging Population
  30. Chapter 26: Age-Specific Drinking Water Consumption Rates and Body Weights for Use in Chemical Exposure Assessments and Public Health Standards
  31. Chapter 27: Food Consumption Rates for Estimating Exposures to Chemicals in Food
  32. Chapter 28: Risk Assessment and Critical Thinking
  33. Chapter 29: Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Drinking Water: Current Concepts and Methodology, Accomplishments, and Future Perspectives
  34. Back Cover