TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,David A.
AU  - Welbourn,Pamela
TI  - Environmental toxicology
T2  - Cambridge environmental chemistry series
SN  - 0521581516
U1  - 615.902 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  -  
KW  - Environmental toxicology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Also available on the Internet
N2  - "Environmental Toxicology is a introductory textbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students of this subject."--Jacket
ER  -