Prev. ed., ppublished in 1991, entered under M. Alice Ottoboni.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.
What are chemicals? -- What harm do chemicals cause? -- What is toxicology? -- What factors influence the toxic effects of chemicals? -- How is toxicology studied? -- General toxicology -- Mutagenesis and carcinogenesis -- Developmental and reproductive toxicity -- Case studies in toxicology -- Epidemiology -- The study of risk.
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"The third edition updates its highly acclaimed predecessors and explains the basics and practice of toxicology in easy-to-understand language. This new edition broadens its scope from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics, and other types of compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to the third edition are recent issues-of-the-day such as bisphenol A, secondhand smoke, food contamination, lead in toys, melamine toxicity to children and pets, and drug recalls. Basic principles of how doses and routes of administration alter toxicity, testing paradigms for drugs and chemicals, and newer technology such as nanoparticles are all addressed and explained."--