Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Principles and approaches for human health risk assessment of environmental contaminants / Gloria B. Post -- 2. Dose-response assessment : significance in risk assessment / Qiyu Jay Zhao -- 3. Recent advances in cancer risk estimation / Andrew G. Salmon -- 4. Consideration of infants and children in risk assessment / Melanie A. Marty -- 5. The role of epidemiology in drinking-water risk assessment / Perry Cohn -- 6. Approaches to using structure-activity relationship analysis with mechanistic considerations to assess carcinogenic hazard/risk potential of chemical substances / Yin-tak Woo and David Y. Lai -- 7. The application of PBPK modeling, the Bayesian approach, and the utilization of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation in risk assessment / Raymond S.H. Yang, Liesbeth Weijs, Robin McDougall, and Conrad Housand -- 8. Risk assessment of trichloroethylene / Patty Wong -- 9. Fumigants : toxicology and development of acute reference values for methyl bromide, chloropicrin, and methyl iodide / Lori Lim -- 10. Cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides : toxicity, mechanisms, and implications for risk assessment / Ramesh C. Gupta, Dejan Milatovic, and Anna M. Fan -- 11. Mode of action informs endosulfan's pathways leading to developmental male reproductive toxicity / Susan Knadle -- 12. Potential carcinogenicity of butyl benzyl phthalate / Jennifer C.Y. Hsieh, Meng Sun, Martha S. Sandy, and Lauren Zeise -- 13. The cell and molecular biology of nickel compound-induced neoplastic transformation and carcinogenesis / Joseph R. Landolph, Jr., Rini Verma, Jamuna Ramnath, and Farrah Jobling -- 14. Asbestos / Arthur L. Frank -- 15. Nanomaterials and human health : physicochemical considerations / Wesley E. Smith -- 16. Nanomaterials : feasibility and challenges for human health risk assessment / Karen Riveles and Danielle Lee -- 17. Nanotechnology : emerging research and implications for health and policy / Kai Savolainen and Mary Gulumian -- 18. Emergency response : toxicology and risk assessment / Shelley DuTeaux -- 19. Toxicology application in drug development / Ching-Hung Hsu -- 20. Application of toxicology in food safety assessment : food additives (aluminum), melamine, and phthalates (Di[2-Ethylhexyl]phthalate) / Xingfen Yang, Qiong Huang, Qi Jiang, Haixia Sui, Ning Ma, and Ping Wang -- 21. Chemical toxicity testing and risk assessment practice in China / Dan Lou and Zhijun Zhou -- 22. Federal-State Toxicology and Risk Analysis Committee (FSTRAC) : communication and coordination of toxicology and risk assessment of environmental contaminants / Ambika Bathija and Robert A. Howd -- 23. Aging : characteristics, exposure factors, epigenetics, and assessment of health risks of older adults / Kathy Sykes, Jacqueline Moya, Carolina Pe?alva-Arana, Linda Phillips, and Steven G. Gilbert -- 24. Occupational health and safety risks for the aging worker / Douglas O. Johns and David N. Weissman -- 25. Health implications of chemicals and pharmaceutics in an aging population / Hsiang-Wen (Margaret) Lin, Che-Yi Chou, Chin-Kai Chang, Chirn-Bin Chang, Ding-Cheng Chan, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Cheng-Chieh Lin, and Ing-Kang Ho -- 26. Age-specific drinking water consumption rates and body weights for use in chemical exposure assessments and public health standards / Catherine Caraway -- 27. Food consumption rates for estimating exposures to chemicals in food / Amy Arcus-Arth -- 28. Risk assessment and critical thinking / David W. Cragin -- 29. Risk assessment of chemicals in drinking water : current concepts and methodology, accomplishments, and future perspectives / Anna M. Fan, Elaine M. Khan, Robert A. Howd, and George V. Alexeeff.