2nd Edition
by Helmut Greim (Editor), Robert Snyder (Editor)
Provides a complete
understanding of how our bodies respond to toxicants, and the principles
used to assess the health risks of specific exposure scenarios
Toxicology and Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition
reflects recent advances in science and technology, and provides the
scientific background and methodological issues to enable the reader to
understand the basic principles in toxicology and to evaluate the health
risks of specific exposure scenarios.
Completely updated with
the latest information, this book offers a concise introduction to the
subject. It is divided into five sections: Principles in Toxicology,
Organ Toxicology, Methods in Toxicology, Regulatory Toxicology, and
Specific Toxicity. The 2nd Edition adds new chapters
that cover recent scientific and technological advances and current
topics including the endocrine system, alternatives to animal testing,
risk assessment and thresholds for carcinogens, European and
international regulation, nanomaterials, fuels, fragrances, and
agrochemicals.
- Concentrates on the basic concepts of
toxicology and provides sufficient information for the reader to become
familiar with them in order to understand the principles and to evaluate
the risks at given exposures
- 30% new chapters cover recent
scientific and technological advances including alternatives to animal
testing; genotoxic carcinogens; REACH regulations; nanomaterials; fuels;
fragrances; PAHs; and agrochemicals
- Written by a team of international specialists, and edited by two outstanding scientists in the field
Fully updated and expanded, Toxicology and Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition is an essential text for any student or researcher with an interest in toxicology and related risk assessments.