Ecosystems and human health
Subtitle: toxicology and environmental hazards
By: Richard B. Philp.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lewis Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Environmental toxicology; Environmental health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of pharmacology and toxicology; title: Risk analysis and public perceptions of risk; title: Water and soil pollution; title: Airborne hazards; title: Halogenated hydrocarbons and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons; title: Toxicity of metals; title: Organic solvents and related chemicals; title: Food additives, drug residues and other food toxicants; title: Pesticides; title: Mycotoxins and other toxins from unicellular organisms; title: Animal and plant poisons; title: Environmental hormone disrupters; title: Radiation hazards; title: Gaia and chaos: how things are connected; title: Case study reviews.