ABSTRACT

A contribution to the ongoing debate about how to manage the growing risks of anthropogenic chemicals in the environment, Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk weaves together coverage of the science that underlies toxic chemical risk assessment, the physiological and molecular bases of chemical toxicity, the process of assessing toxic chemical risk to

chapter 2|24 pages

Environmental Pathways of Toxic Chemicals

chapter 3|16 pages

Dose–Effect

chapter 4|14 pages

4Chapter Human Populations at Risk

chapter 7|16 pages

7Chapter Mechanisms of Chemical Disease

chapter 8|22 pages

8Chapter Human Health Risk Assessment

chapter 9|12 pages

Ecological Risk Assessment