Environmental Toxicology Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology /

Environmental Toxicology provides a detailed, comprehensive introduction to this key area of sustainability and public health research.� The broad coverage includes sections on ecological risk assessment, monitoring, mechanisms, fate and transport, prevention, and correctives, as well as treatment o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Laws, Edward A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5764-0
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Environmental Toxicology, Introduction
  • 2. Airborne Toxic Chemicals
  • 3. Bioaccumulation/Biomagnifications in Food Chains
  • 4. Biomarkers and Metabolomics, Evidence of Stress
  • 5. Bioremediation and Mitigation
  • 6. Biosensors and Bioassays for Ecological Risk Monitoring and Assessment
  • 7. CERCLA, Sustainability and Public and Environmental Health
  • 8. Ecological and Health Risks at Low Doses
  • 9. Ecological Risk Assessment and Animal Models
  • 10. Environmental Toxicology: Carcinogenesis
  • 11. Environmental Toxicology: Children at Risk
  • 12. Environmental Toxicology: Oxidative Stress
  • 13. Harmful Algal Blooms
  • 14. Microbial Risk Assessment of Pathogens in Water
  • 15. Pathogen and Nutrient Transfer Through and Across Agricultural Soils
  • 16. Recreational Water Risk: Pathogens and Fecal Indicators
  • 17. Science, Policy, and Risk Management: Case of Seafood Safety
  • 18. Sentinel Species in Oceans and Human Health
  • 19. Solar Radiation and Human Health
  • 20. Toxic Chemical Risks
  • 21. Ultraviolet Radiation: Distribution and Variability
  • 22. UV Effects on Living Organisms
  • 23. Xenobiotic Protection/Resistance Mechanisms in Organisms
  • Index.