Modern poisons : a brief introduction to contemporary toxicology /: a brief introduction to contemporary toxicology. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan S. Kolok.
• Authors: Kolok, Alan S
• Contents: The dose makes the poison -- Nature of a chemical -- The human animal -- Chemical journeys: absorption -- Bodily defense -- Wider journeys: pollution -- Traveling particles -- Toxins, poisons, and venoms -- Metals: gift and curse -- Combustion -- Drugs and the toxicology of addiction -- 70, 000 years of pesticides -- Origins of regulation -- Low-dose chemical carcinogenesis -- POPs and Silent Spring -- Toxic toiletries -- Determining sex: chemicals and reproduction -- The earliest exposure: transgenerational toxicology -- Natural toxins revisited -- Chemical resistance -- Afterword: toxicology and beyond.
• Publisher Details: Washington, DC : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 572; Earth sciences; Toxicology; Toxins; Poisons; Toxicology; Poisons -- toxicity; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases; SCIENCE -- Chemistry; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Poisons; Toxicology; Toxins; Biochemistry; Biochemistry; Science -- Environmental Science; Environmental science, engineering & technology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610916097
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.