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Introduction to environmental toxicology : molecular substructures to ecological landscapes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landis, Wayne G.
Other Authors: Sofield, Ruth M., Yu, Ming-Ho
Format: Printed Book
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to environmental toxicology
  • Frameworks and paradigms for environmental toxicology
  • Overview of toxicity testing methods
  • The analysis of exposure-response
  • The fate and transport of contaminants
  • Uptake and modes of action
  • Modification in toxic responses, mixtures and climate change
  • Inorganic gaseous pollutants
  • Fluoride as a contaminant of developing economies
  • Metals
  • Biotransformation, detoxification, and biodegradation
  • Ecological effects from biomarkers to populations
  • Ecological effects: community to landscape scales of toxicological impacts
  • Ecological risk assessment
  • Index.