Title Environmental toxicology / David A. Wright, Pamela Welbourn

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 630 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge environmental chemistry series ; 11 Cambridge environmental chemistry series ; 11. Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Environmental toxicology. Pollution. Environmental Pollutants -- toxicity Environmental Pollution Ecotoxicology pollution. chemical pollution. MEDICAL -- Toxicology. Pollution Environmental toxicology Umwelttoxikologie Form Electronic book Author Welbourn, Pamela, 1935- ISBN 0511077491 9780511077494 0511156928 9780511156922 0511075928 9780511075926 9780511805998 0511805993

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