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Environmental toxicology / Sigmund F. Zakrzewski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zakrzewski, Sigmund F., 1919-2005, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Standardized Title:
- Principles of environmental toxicology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental toxicology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The fundamental principles of environmental toxicology are clearly presented here for university students and professionals in related fields. This book consists of two parts. In the first part basic metabolic, physiological and pharmacological concepts are used to explain the fate of toxic chemicals in the body, with emphasis on carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. The second section deals with specific environmental problems - air pollution, alteration of the earth's atmosphere, water and land pollution - including sections on wetlands, organic agriculture and genetically modified crops.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. ENVIRONMENT: PAST AND PRESENT; 2. REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGIC CONCEPTS; 3. METABOLISM OF XENOBIOTICS; 4. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TOXICITY; 5. CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS AND MUTAGENESIS; 6. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; 7. RISK ASSESSMENT; 8. OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; 9. AIR POLLUTION; 10. POLLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE; 11. WATER AND LAND POLLUTION; 12. POLLUTION CONTROL; 13. RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; 14. POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND WOMEN'S ISSUES; 15. REGULATORY POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES; Appendix: Subjects for Student Seminars; Index
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610481774
- 9780190287382
- 0190287381
- 9780197565629
- 019756562X
- 9781280481772
- 1280481773
- 9781423763246
- 1423763246
- 9780198033769
- 0198033761
- 9781602569836
- 1602569835
- OCLC:
- 228143444
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