Human Variability in Response to Chemical Exposures Measures, Modeling, and Risk Assessment (Hardcover)

and for those interested in toxic effects of chemicals on humans, Human Variability in Response to Chemical Exposures: Measures, Modeling, and Risk Assessment recognizes and addresses the increasing awareness that individual biological differences be reflected when assessing human health risks associated with exposure to chemicals. Eight original manuscripts, commissioned by the ILSI Risk Science Institute, address the evidence for variability in human response to chemicals associated with reproductive and developmental effects, effects on the nervous system and lungs, and cancer. Their reports convey both the current state of scientific understanding of response variability and the genetic basis for such observations. This book recognizes that understanding of variability in response is critical in accounting for interindividual variability in susceptibility and, hence, risk, if the regulatory community and others are expected to characterize human health risks associated with exposure to chemicals. Models for incorporating measures of response variability in the risk assessment process are critically reviewed and illustrated with published data. This authoritative work indicates that, in the case of certain chemicals and in the context of certain specific toxic effects, we have considerable ability to predictively and quantitatively characterize human variability, but, in the majority of cases, our ability to do so is limited. If we improve both quantity and quality of information available on response variability and increase our understanding of target tissue dosimetry, we should be better able to account for variability in human susceptibility to the toxic effects of chemicals.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1998
First published:	1999
Authors:	David A Eckerman
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-8493-2805-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Toxicology (non-medical)
LSN:	0-8493-2805-5
Barcode:	9780849328053

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