Endocrine Toxicology Hardback
Edited by J. Charles (Lund University Hospital, Sweden) Eldridge, James T. (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) Stevens
Part of the Target Organ Toxicology Series series
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With contributions by international experts in academia, chemical manufacturing, government research laboratories, regulatory agencies, and private consulting, this guide explores the potentially damaging influence of environmental agents on the endocrine system.
It examines endocrine toxicology’s increased importance in environmental safety issues due to legislative directives established over the past ten years. Covering all principal areas of EPA concern, Endocrine Toxicology, Third Edition provides: putative endocrine disruptors and mechanisms of endocrine toxicity the history and status of the regulatory processmechanisms of toxic effects in various hormonal systemscomparisons of the endocrine responses in humans, livestock, and wildlifetesting methods in mammalian, fish, avian, and amphibian modelsvaluable insight into the approaches of various personnel in the field, including: government officials who make and oversee policy; scientists in charge of development and validation of testing methods; basic researchers who identify toxic mechanisms; and manufacturers responsible for environmentally benign product certification
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:424 pages, 70 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:15/02/2010
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- ISBN:9781420093094
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:424 pages, 70 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:15/02/2010
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- ISBN:9781420093094