John H Duffus, Douglas M Templeton, Monica Nordberg

Concepts in Toxicology (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847559753
• Artikelnr.: 44867910

Autorenporträt

J H Duffus (BSc, PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, CSci, CBiol) is Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Toxicology. He has acted as a consultant to the International Programme on Chemical Safety, the World Health Organization and the European Commission as well as to various industrial bodies and law firms. Dr Duffus is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Environment, Health, and Safety Committee and Chair of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Subcommittee on Toxicology and Risk Assessment. (IUPAC). As well as being included in the Institute of Biology Register of Environmental Biologists and UK Register of Expert Witnesses, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of numerous scholarly societies. He has also contributed to many scientific publications in chemistry, biochemistry and toxicology. Monica Nordberg is a Professor in the Institute Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. She has acted as a consultant to the International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, Indian Medical Research Council and US National Academy of Science. Professor Nordberg is also Chair of the Scientific Committee on the Toxicology of Metals (International Commission on Occupational Health), Swedish Representative of the EU Strategy on Environment and Health, Technical Working Group on Indicators and Priority Diseases and project leader on several IUPAC initiatives. She is a member of several academic societies, the editorial boards of a number of learned journals and has contributed to numerous books and journals in the field. Douglas M. Templeton is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto He is President of IUPAC division VII (Chemistry and Human Health), Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee of the Thalassemia Foundation of Canada, Past Chair of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Grants Panel of the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Concept Group 1. Concepts Applying to All Levels of Toxicology
Chapter 2: Concept Group 2. Concepts Applying to Molecular and Cellular Toxicology
Chapter 3: Concept Group 3. Concepts Applying to Whole Organism Toxicology
Chapter 4: Concept Group 4. Concepts Applying to Environmental Toxicology
Subject Index