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Main Title The dose makes the poison : a plain-language guide to toxicology /
Author Ottoboni, M. Alice.
Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold,
Year Published 1991
OCLC Number 23141845
ISBN 0442006608; 9780442006600
Subjects Toxicology--Popular works ; Toxicology--Popular Works ; Toxicology--popular works
Internet Access
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Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EHAM  RA1213.O88 1991 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 09/08/2009
EIAM  RA1213.O88 1991 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 05/10/1997
EJER  RA1213.O88 1991 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 03/05/2004
ERAM  RA1213.O88 1991 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 04/02/1993
Edition 2nd ed.
Collation xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and index.
Contents Notes
What are chemicals? -- How chemicals cause harm -- Toxicology--a brief history -- Factors that influence toxicity: how much--how often -- Factors that influence toxicity: route of exposure -- Other factors that influence toxicity -- Acute toxicity -- Chronic toxicity -- Mutagenesis -- Carcinogenesis -- Reproductive toxicity -- Methods of study -- Human experience -- Epidemiology -- Risk -- Public distrust of science.