Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toxicology, "omics" technologies, and toxicogenomics : a primer -- Introduction to human health risk assessment -- Practical considerations for the application of toxicogenomics to risk assessment -- early experience, current drivers, and a path forward -- Approaches and practical considerations for the analysis of toxicogenomics data -- Genomics in identifying mutagenic mode of action in carcinogenesis -- Application of genomics for predicting and understanding the mode of action for non-genotoxic carcinogens -- Genomics in characterizing endocrine toxicity -- Studying organ specific toxicity using gene expression profiling -- Toxicogenomic studies in human populations -- Toxicogenomics applied to ecological risk assessment -- Analysis of transcriptomic dose response data for toxicology and risk assessment -- Toxicogenomics as a tool for validating animal to human extrapolations in chemical risk assessment: concepts, applications and challenges -- Toxicogenomics and animal alternatives -- Toxicogenomics and the regulatory framework -- Standardization of gene expression information for the safety evaluation -- activities in Japan -- Applying transcriptional profiling in drug safety evaluation -- Reframing the risk assessment paradigm : towards a systems biology approach.