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General Toxicology.
Title:
General Toxicology.
Author:
Evarc-Gajiu, Jaroslava.
ISBN:
9781616684747
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Contents:
GENERAL TOXICOLOGY -- GENERAL TOXICOLOGY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION TO TOXICOLOGY -- HISTORY OF TOXICOLOGY -- TOXICOLOGICAL TESTING -- REFERENCES -- TOXICANT ABSORPTION -- BLOOD AND BLOOD ELEMENTS -- THE CELL MEMBRANE -- ABSORPTION THROUGH THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT -- ABSORPTION THROUGH THE RESPIRATORY TRACT -- ABSORPTION THROUGH THE SKIN -- THE PLACENTAL BARRIER -- REFERENCES -- THE METABOLISM OF TOXICANTS -- PHASE I REACTIONS -- PHASE II REACTIONS -- FACTORS AFFECTING BIOTRANSFORMATION -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- REFERENCES -- TOXICANT EXCRETION -- URINARY EXCRETION -- BILLIARY EXCRETION -- EXCRETION VIA THE LUNGS -- EXCRETION IN MILK -- OTHER ROUTES OF EXCRETION -- ELIMINATION KINETICS -- REFERENCES -- GENOTOXICITY -- MUTAGENESIS -- CARCINOGENESIS -- TERATOGENESIS -- REFERENCES -- ALLERGIC REACTIONS -- IMMUNOGLOBULINS -- REFERENCES -- TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INORGANIC TOXICANTS -- ALUMINIUM -- ANTIMONY -- ARSENIC -- BARIUM -- BERYLLIUM -- BISMUTH -- CADMIUM -- CHROMIUM -- COBALT -- COPPER -- FLUORIDE -- GOLD -- IRON -- LEAD -- LITHIUM -- MANGANESE -- MERCURY -- MOLYBDENUM -- NICKEL -- NITRITES AND NITRATES -- SELENIUM -- SILVER -- THALLIUM -- TIN -- VANADIUM -- ZINC -- REFERENCES -- TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ORGANIC TOXICANTS -- PESTICIDES -- ETHANOL -- ETHYLENE GLYCOL -- ISOPROPANOL -- METHANOL -- ORGANIC SOLVENTS -- REFERENCES -- PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS -- BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS -- CHLORINATED SHORT-CHAIN PARAFFINS -- DIOXINS -- ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS -- PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS -- POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) -- POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS -- REFERENCES -- FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL TOXINS -- MYCOTOXINS -- BACTERIAL TOXINS -- REFERENCES -- PRIONS AND PRION RELATED DISEASES -- HUMAN PRION DISEASES -- ANIMAL PRION DISEASES -- REFERENCES -- GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) -- GMO TESTING -- REFERENCES.

VENOMS -- NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF VENOMS -- SNAKE AND LIZARD VENOMS -- FROG VENOMS -- VENOMS OF MARINE ORGANISMS -- SPIDER AND SCORPION VENOMS -- INSECT VENOMS -- MAMMALIAN VENOMS -- ANTIDOTE THERAPY -- MEDICAL USE OF VENOMS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX I. THE LIST OF CHEMICAL TERATOGENS AND POTENTIAL CHEMICAL TERATOGENS -- APPENDIX II. ACUTE TOXICITY OF EXTREMELY AND HIGHLY HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES - CLASSES IA AND IB -- APPENDIX III. ACUTE TOXICITY OF MODERATELY HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES - CLASS II -- APPENDIX IV. ACUTE TOXICITY OF SLIGHTLY HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES - CLASS III. PART I -- APPENDIX IV. ACUTE TOXICITY OF SLIGHTLY HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES - CLASS III. PART II -- APPENDIX V. ACUTE TOXICITY OF ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS -- APPENDIX VI. ACUTE TOXICITY OF SNAKE VENOMS IN MICE -- INDEX.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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