Introduction to toxicology / John Timbrell

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: CRC Press, 2002Edition: 3rd edDescription: 215 p. : illISBN:
  • 0415247632 :
Subject(s): Summary: This textbook covers general aspects of the subject of toxicology with chapters on where toxic chemicals exist, how they are metabolised, how people are exposed to toxic substances and how they respond. Further chapters cover medicines, industrial toxins, food additives and contaminants, pesticides, environmental pollutants, natural products, and household products. Concludes with a look at testing for toxins and how risk assessments can be performed on them. Each chapter contains review questions and bibliography. Answers are given at the end of the book.
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This textbook covers general aspects of the subject of toxicology with chapters on where toxic chemicals exist, how they are metabolised, how people are exposed to toxic substances and how they respond. Further chapters cover medicines, industrial toxins, food additives and contaminants, pesticides, environmental pollutants, natural products, and household products. Concludes with a look at testing for toxins and how risk assessments can be performed on them. Each chapter contains review questions and bibliography. Answers are given at the end of the book.

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