The dose makes the poison : a plain-language guide to toxicology / M. Alice Ottoboni.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : John Wiley and Sons, INC., c c1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0471288373
- 9780471288374
- 615.9 OTT
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and index.
What are chemicals?; How chemicals cause harm; toxicology - a brief history; factors that influence toxicity - how much? how often?; factors that influence toxicity - route of exposure; other factors that influence toxicity; acute toxicity; chronic toxicity; mutagenesis; carcinogenesis; reproductive toxicity; methods of study; human experience; epidemiology; risk; public distrust of science. Appendices: table of equivalents; how many molecules?; Federal Agencies and the substances they regulate.