Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Nielsen, Elsa; Ostergaard, Grete; Larsen, John Christian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849372658 ISBN 13: 9780849372650

Publisher: CRC Press, 2008

Synopsis

Unlike many existing books on toxicology that cover either toxicity of a particular substance or toxicity of chemicals on particular organ systems, Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals: A Practical Guide lays out the principle activities of conducting a toxicological risk assessment, including international approaches and methods for the risk assessment of chemical substances. It illustrates each step in the process: hazard identification, a dose response assessment, and exposure assessment. The book also summarizes the basic concepts of interaction of chemicals in mixtures and discusses various approaches to testing such mixtures.

Features:

• Addresses standards from all international regulatory agencies
• Presents the steps in risk assessment, including hazard identification, exposure assessment, and risk characterization
• Covers the assessment of multiple chemical exposures or chemical mixtures
• Contains data from both human and animal studies
• Explains the linearized multi-stage mathematical model widely used by the US EPA for characterizing

About this title

About the Author

Elsa Nielsen, Grete Ostergaard, John Christian Larsen

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849372658
• ISBN 13: 9780849372650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 446