| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 630 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge environmental chemistry series ; 11
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Cambridge environmental chemistry series ; 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Emergence of environmental toxicology as science -- Historical background: Classical toxicology, ecotoxicology, and environmental toxicology -- Social aspects: The environmental movement -- Social aspects: Regulation -- Education in environmental toxicology -- Role of technology -- Science of environmental toxicology: Concepts and definitions -- Development of environmental toxicology -- An historical perspective on the science of environmental toxicology -- An evolutionary perspective on environmental toxicology -- Assessment of toxicity -- Dose-response -- Acute toxicity bioassay -- Subacute (chronic) toxicity assays -- Relationship between acute and chronic toxicity -- Statistical considerations -- Comparative bioassays -- Sediment toxicity assays -- Toxicity at the molecular level -- Carcinogenesis -- Genotoxicity assays -- Chromosome studies -- 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 -- General concepts and principles for biological indicators -- Tolerance and resistance to potentially toxic substances. |
| Summary |
Environmental Toxicology is a comprehensive introductory textbook dealing with all aspects of the subject. It is primarily a text for students in environmental toxicology, environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, applied ecology, environmental management, and risk assessment. It will also be valuable for specialists in ecology, environmental science, and chemistry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental toxicology.
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Environmental toxicology. |
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Environmental Pollutants -- toxicity. |
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Environmental Pollution. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Welbourn, Pamela, 1935-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, David A., 1948- Environmental toxicology. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2002 0521581516 052158860X (DLC) 2001018486 (OCoLC)45784292 |
| ISBN |
0511077491 (electronic book) |
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9780511077494 (electronic book) |
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0511156928 |
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9780511156922 |
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0511075928 |
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9780511075926 |
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9780511805998 (electronic book) |
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0511805993 (electronic book) |
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0521581516 |
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9780521581516 |
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052158860X |
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9780521588607 |
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