Environmental toxicology is generally held to be the study of the potential of constituents of outdoor environments to impact either human health or the biological structure of the ecosystems involved. This volume is a first attempt to integrate toxicological studies of all of the many human environments, both indoor and outdoor, and their complex interrelationships. Included are considerations of natural environments, the agroecosystem, occupational, urban and domestic environments as well as the environment associated with Superfund sites and military deployments. The primary emphasis is on public health, including the potential health effects of toxicants found in different environments, the bioprocessing of such toxicants in humans and surrogate animals and the principles of risk analysis. *Approaches the toxicology of human environments in a new and unique way, stressing the complex interrelationships of all human environments and the implication for human and environmental health *Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert and is addressed to those interested in the broader implications of the environmental modifications that are always associated with the activities of humans living and working in them. INDICE: Human Environments: Definition, Scope and the Role of Toxicology Ernest Hodgson Estimating Human Exposure: Improving Accuracy with Chemical Markers Roger C. Cochran and Jeffrey H. Driver Metabolism of Xenobiotics Human Environments Edward Croom Toxic Endpoints in the Study of Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Andrew D. Wallace Pesticide Regulations: Exposure-Dose Modeling from FIFRA to FQPA James B. Knaak, Cecilla Tan and Curt C. Dary Occupational Chemicals: Metabolism, Toxicity and Mode of Action Sheila Flack and Leena A. Nylander-French Chemicals of Military Deployments: Revisiting Gulf War Syndrome in Light of New Information A.A. Brimfield Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Lessons Learned for Reducing Uncertainties in Environmental Risk Assessment Bryan W. Brooks, Jason P. Berninger, Lauren A. Kristofco, Alejandro J. Ramirez, Jacob K. Stanley and Theodore W. Valenti Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods for Cancer and Non-Cancer Effects Ronald E. Baynes Human Health Risk Assessment for Contaminated Properties Atul M. Salhotra The Future of Human Health Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals. Ernest Hodgson Ecological Risk Assessment Damian Shea and Waverly Thorsen Metabolic Interactions of Environmental Toxicants in Humans Ernest Hodgson Toxins and Venoms Ernest Hodgson Summary and Conclusions Ernest Hodgson
- ISBN: 978-0-12-415813-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés