Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Developmental Defects and Their Causes""; ""3 Current Practices for Assessing Risk for Developmental Defects and Their Limitations""; ""4 Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity""; ""5 Human Genetics and the Human Genome Project""; ""6 Recent Advances in Developmental Biology""; ""7 Using Model Animals to Assess and Understand Developmental Toxicity""; ""8 A Multilevel Approach to Improving Risk Assessment for Developmental Toxicity""
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""9 Conclusions and Recommendations""""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Glossary""; ""Appendix B Database Descriptions""; ""Appendix C Signaling Pathways""; ""Appendix D Biographical Information on the Committee on Developmental Toxicology""; ""Index""
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Title
Scientific frontiers in developmental toxicology and risk assessment.
International Standard Book Number
0309070864
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Abnormalities, Human-- Risk factors.
Developmental toxicology.
Health risk assessment.
Abnormalities-- etiology
Abnormalities-- genetics
Abnormalities, Drug-Induced.
Congenital Abnormalities-- embryology.
Congenital Abnormalities-- etiology.
Congenital Abnormalities-- genetics.
Developmental Biology.
Environmental Exposure-- adverse effects.
Humans.
Risk Assessment.
Toxicology-- methods.
Toxicology.
Developmental toxicology.
Health risk assessment.
MEDICAL-- Perinatology & Neonatology.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MED-- 070000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
618
.
3/2
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA1224
.
45
Book number
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S35
2000eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
QS
679
Book Number
S4165
2000
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Commission on Life Sciences.
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Developmental Toxicology.