Toxicological risk assessment of chemicals : a practical guide
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Elsa Nielsen; Grete Østergaard; John Christian Larsen
- ناشر : New York : Informa Healtcare
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780849372650
Description
International and federal bodies involved in risk assessment of chemical substances -- Data for hazard assessment -- Hazard assessment -- Standard setting : threshold effects -- Standard setting : non-threshold effects (carcinogenicity) -- Exposure assessment -- Risk characterization -- Regulatory standards set by various bodies -- Combined actions of chemicals in mixture.
Provides the principle activities of conducting a toxicological risk assessment, including international approaches and methods for the risk assessment of chemical substances. This book summarizes the basic concepts of interaction of chemicals in mixtures and discusses various approaches to testing such mixtures.