Modern Poisons A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Toxicology /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-609-7 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Dose Makes the Poison
- 2. Nature of a Chemical
- 3. The Human Animal
- 4. Chemical Journeys: Absorption
- 5. Bodily Defense
- 6. Wider Journeys: Pollution
- 7. Travelling Particles
- 8. Toxins, Poisons, and Venoms
- 9. Metals: Gift and Curse
- 10. Combustion
- 11. Drugs and the Toxicology of Addiction
- 12. 70,000 Years of Pesticides
- 13. Origins of Regulation
- 14. Legislating for Health
- 15. POPS and Silent Spring
- 16. Toxic Toiletries
- 17. Determining Sex: Chemicals and Reproduction
- 18. The Earliest Exposure: Transgenerational Toxicology
- 19. Natural Toxins Revisited
- 20. Chemical Resistance
- Afterword: Toxicology and Beyond
- References.