AuthorLandis, Wayne G
TitleIntroduction to environmental toxicology : impacts of chemicals upon ecological systems / Wayne G. Landis, Ming-Ho Yu
Imprint Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis Publishers, c1999
Edition 2nd ed
Descript 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

Introduction to environmental toxicology--Framework for environmental toxicology--Introduction to toxicity testing--Survey and review of typical toxicity test methods--Routes of exposure and modes of action--Factors modifying the activity of toxicants--Inorganic gaseous pollutants--Heavy metals--Biotransformation, detoxification and biodegradation--Meassurement and interpretation of the ecological effects of toxicants--Ecologicl risk assessment


SUBJECT

  1. Pollution -- Environmental aspects
  2. Pollutants -- Toxicology
  3. Environmental Exposure
  4. Environmental Health
  5. Environmental Polutants -- adverse effects
  6. Environmental Pollutants -- toxicity

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Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management LibraryQH545.a1 L35 1999 CHECK SHELVES