Landis, Wayne G.,

Introduction to environmental toxicology : molecular substructures to ecological landscapes / by Wayne G . Landis, Ruth M. Sofield, Ming-Ho Yu. - Fifth edition. - xx, 470 pages : illustrations (some color) ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to environmental toxicology -- Frameworks and paradigms for environmental toxicology -- Overview of toxicity testing methods -- The analysis of exposure-response -- The fate and transport of contaminants -- Uptake and modes of action -- Modification in toxic responses, mixtures and climate change -- Inorganic gaseous pollutants -- Fluoride as a contaminant of developing economies -- Metals -- Biotransformation, detoxification, and biodegradation -- Ecological effects from biomarkers to populations -- Ecological effects: community to landscape scales of toxicological impacts -- Ecological risk assessment -- Index.

9781498750424 (hardback : alk. paper) 1498750427 (hardback : alk. paper)


Pollution.
Environmental toxicology.

615.9 / LAN.I