TOXICOLOGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT: A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION
HELMUT GREIM, Institut für Toxikologie und Umwelthygiene, Technische Universität München
ROBERT SNYDER, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Toxicology is concerned with the health risks of human exposure to chemicals. It describes the adverse effects of chemicals in a qualitative sense, and with evaluating them quantitatively by determining how much of a chemical is required to produce a given response.
Toxicology and Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Introduction describes the basic concepts of toxicology, and aims to equip the reader with the skills required to evaluate risks at given exposures. Topics covered include:
* Principles in Toxicology: toxicokinetics including absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion; the mechanisms that lead to cytotoxicity, carcinogenicity and effects on reproduction; and the toxic effects of mixtures of chemicals
* Organ Toxicology: information on anatomy and physiology of the major organs; why they are specific targets; and the mechanisms of specific chemicals affecting these organs
* Methods in Toxicology: the commonly used methods used for toxicity testing, both in vivo and in vitro
* Risk Assessment: the concepts comprising hazard identification, dose-response, and exposure assessment and the different approaches for thresholded and non-thresholded effects. Recent molecular-biological results on cellular responses to genotoxic agents such as DNA-repair, halt of proliferation, and apoptosis that allow assumption of thresholded genotoxic effects are also described
* Risk Management: US and European regulations for chemicals
* Toxicity of Chemicals: the toxic mechanisms and effects of major groups of chemicals
Toxicology and Risk Assessment is an essential text for scientists in academia, industry and government agencies who want to understand how our bodies respond to toxicants, and the principles used to assess the health risks of specific exposure scenarios.
Die Autoren erläutern in dieser Einführung u. a. Prinzipien, Mechanismen und Wirkungen innerhalb der Toxikologie. Das Buch versetzt seine Leser in die Lage, Gefahrenpotenziale einzelner Stoffe im Hinblick auf unterschiedliche Umgebungen realistisch einschätzen zu können.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"If you want a good toxicology text with a taste of risk assessment, it is great value." (BTS Newsletter, Summer 2008) "The author strikes a balance between quantitative rigor and intuitive understanding, using a lively, informal style." (Fiz Karlsruhe, December 2008)
"It is amazing that so many facets of the field are highlighted in this volume, so that every reader will find more than a single chapter from which to draw benefit. This piece is a definite must for students." (Organic Chemistry, December 2008)
"An essential book for scientists in academia, industry and government agencies who want to understand how our bodies respond to toxicants, and the principles used to assess the health risks of specific exposure scenarios." (Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, July/August 2008)
"This book provides a valuable introduction to the principles of hazard identification and risk assessment of toxicants." (Chemistry World, July 2008) "Es gefallt das didaktisch-logische Konzept mit hervorgehobenen Kernaussagen."
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Prof. Dr. Helmut Greim, Institut für Toxikologie und Umwelthygiene Technische Universität München, Germany
Herausgeber*in
Technical University of Munich
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Preface.
List of Contributors.
1 Introduction to the Discipline of Toxicology (Helmut Greim and Robert Snyder).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 The Risk-Assessment Process.
1.3 Toxicological Evaluation of New and Existing Chemicals.
1.4 Summary.
2 Principles.
2.1 Toxicokinetics (Johannes G. Filser).
2.2A Phase I Metabolism (Jeroen T.M. Buters).
2.2A.1 Introduction.
2.2A.2 The Enzymes Involved in Phase I Metabolism.
2.2A.3 Phase III (Metabolism).
2.2A.4 Summary.
2.2B Drug Metabolism (Leslie Schwarz and John B. Watkins).
2.2B.1 Conjugation.
2.2B.2 Hydrolysis.
2.2B.3 Summary.
2.3 Toxicogenetics (Lesley Stanley).
2.4 Cytotoxicity (Leslie Schwarz and John B. Watkins).
2.5 Receptor-Mediated Mechanisms (Jens Schlossmann and Franz Hofmann).
2.6 Mixtures and Combinations of Chemicals.
2.7 Chemical Carcinogenesis: Genotoxic and Nongenotoxic Mechanisms (Thomas Efferth and Bernd Kaina).
2.8 Reproductive Toxicology (Horst Spielmann).
2.9 Ecotoxicology: Not just Wildlife Toxicology (Peter Calow and Valery E. Forbes).
3 Organ Toxicology.
3.1 The Gastrointestinal Tract (Michael Schwenk).
3.2 The Liver (Leslie Schwarz and John B. Watkins).
3.3 The Respiratory System (Jurgen Pauluhn).
3.4 The Nervous System (Gunter P. Eckert and Walter E. Muller).
3.5 Behavioral Neurotoxicology (Andreas Seeber).
3.6 The Skin (Tibor A. Rozman, Myriam Straube and Karl K. Rozman).
3.7 The Kidney and Urinary Tract (Helmut Greim).
3.8 Toxicology of the Blood and Bone Marrow (Robert Snyder).
3.9 Immunotoxicology (Carol R. Gardner and Debra L. Laskin).
3.10 The Eye (Ines M. Lanzl).
3.11 The Cardiovascular System (Helmut Greim).
4 Methods in Toxicology.
4.1 OECD Test Guidelines for Toxicity Tests in vivo (Rudiger Bartsch).
4.2A Mutagenicity Tests in vivo (Ilse-Dore Adler).
4.2A.1 Introduction.
4.2A.2 Chromosomal Mutations in Somatic Cells.
4.2A.3 Gene Mutations in Somatic Cells.
4.2A.4 Chromosome Mutations in Germ Cells.
4.2A.5 Gene Mutations in Germ Cells.
4.2A.6 Summary.
4.2B In vitro Tests for Genotoxicity (Ulrich Andrae and Gunter Speit).
4.2B.1 Introduction.
4.2B.2 Xenobiotic Metabolism in vitro.
4.2B.3 Test Systems Employing Bacteria.
4.2B.4 Test Systems Employing Mammalian Cells.
4.2B.5 Cell-Transformation Assays.
4.2B.6 Summary.
4.2.C Strategies for the Evaluation of Genotoxicity (Stephan Madle, Peter Kasper, Ulrike Pabel and Gunter Speit).
4.2C.1 Introduction.
4.2C.2 Basics of Genotoxicity Testing.
4.2C.3 Current Approaches for Assessing Genotoxicity.
4.2C.4 Summary.
4.3 Biomonitoring (Michael G. Bird).
4.4 Epidemiology (Kurt Ulm).
4.5 Omics in Toxicology (Laura Suter-Dick and Thomas Singer).
4.6 Introduction to the Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data (Gyorgy Csanady).
5 Risk Assessment.
5.1 Mathematical Models for Risk Extrapolation (Jurgen Timm).
5.2 Regulations Regarding Chemicals and Radionuclides in the Environment, Workplace, Consumer Products, Foods, and Pharmaceuticals (Dennis J. Paustenbach and Pearl Moy).
6 Toxicity of Selected Chemicals.
6.1 Persistent Polyhalogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Kristian W. Fried and Karl K. Rozman).
6.2 Metals (Karl-Heinz Summer, Stefan Halbach, Herrmann Kappus and Helmut Greim).
6.3 Toxicology of Fibers and Particles (Paul J.A. Borm).
6.4 Xenoestrogens and Xenoantiandrogens (Gisela H. Degen and J. William Owens).
6.5 Toxicology of Solvents (Wolfgang Dekant and Marion W. Anders).
6.6 Noxious Gases (Ladislaus Szinicz).
6.7 Animal and Plant Toxins (Thomas Zilker).
Index.
