Why the Dose Matters
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Why the Dose Matters
Assessing the Health Risk of Exposure to Toxicants
Boelsterli, Urs A.
Taylor & Francis Ltd
04/2023
236
Dura
Inglês
9781032387659
15 a 20 dias
453
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1. Introduction. Part I The Concepts: Hazard and Exposure 2. What Does "Toxic" Mean? 3. Paracelsus Reloaded-The Dose Concept. 4. Exposure-The Key Determinant in Risk Assessment. 5. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals. 6. What Our Body Does to a Chemical. 7. What a Chemical Does to Our Body. 8. Defense Shields. 9. Correlation and Causality. Part II The Chemicals 10. Pesticides-Killers with a License. 11. Toxic Food. 12. Dietary Supplements - The More The Better? 13. Significant Risks: Persistent and Widespread. 14. Drugs. Part III The Risk 15. Safety Assessment. 16. Acceptable Limits, Tolerance, and Red Lines. 17. Risk Assessment. 18. Gauging the Risk Against the Benefit. 19. Risk Communication. Part IV The Future 20. Toxicological Challenges. 21. Conclusions and Outlook.
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toxicological risk assessment;chemical exposure analysis;environmental contaminants;human toxicokinetics;quantitative health risk;regulatory toxicology;exposure-response relationship in humans
1. Introduction. Part I The Concepts: Hazard and Exposure 2. What Does "Toxic" Mean? 3. Paracelsus Reloaded-The Dose Concept. 4. Exposure-The Key Determinant in Risk Assessment. 5. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals. 6. What Our Body Does to a Chemical. 7. What a Chemical Does to Our Body. 8. Defense Shields. 9. Correlation and Causality. Part II The Chemicals 10. Pesticides-Killers with a License. 11. Toxic Food. 12. Dietary Supplements - The More The Better? 13. Significant Risks: Persistent and Widespread. 14. Drugs. Part III The Risk 15. Safety Assessment. 16. Acceptable Limits, Tolerance, and Red Lines. 17. Risk Assessment. 18. Gauging the Risk Against the Benefit. 19. Risk Communication. Part IV The Future 20. Toxicological Challenges. 21. Conclusions and Outlook.
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