| Title |
The dose makes the poison : a plain-language guide to toxicology / M. Alice Ottoboni. |
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| Imprint |
New York, N.Y. : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1991. |
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| Description |
xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject(s) |
Toxicology.
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