Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- List of abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Chemicals and chemical exposures
- 2 From exposure to dose
- 3 From dose to toxic response
- 4 Toxic agents and their targets
- 5 Carcinogens
- 6 Identifying carcinogens
- 7 Risk assessment I: some concepts and principles
- 8 Risk assessment II: applications
- 9 Risk assessment III: new approaches, new problems
- 10 Risk assessment IV: the courtroom
- 11 The management of risk
- 12 A look ahead
- Sources and recommended reading
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- List of abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Chemicals and chemical exposures
- 2 From exposure to dose
- 3 From dose to toxic response
- 4 Toxic agents and their targets
- 5 Carcinogens
- 6 Identifying carcinogens
- 7 Risk assessment I: some concepts and principles
- 8 Risk assessment II: applications
- 9 Risk assessment III: new approaches, new problems
- 10 Risk assessment IV: the courtroom
- 11 The management of risk
- 12 A look ahead
- Sources and recommended reading
- Index
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- Calculated RisksThe Toxicity and Human Health Risks of Chemicals in our Environment, pp. 327 - 339Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006