TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boelsterli,Urs A.
TI  - Why the dose matters: assessing the health risk of exposure to toxicants 
SN  - 9781003346661
AV  - RA1213 .B64 2023
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Boca Raton, FL
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Environmental toxicology
KW  - Health risk assessment
KW  - Chemicals
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - MEDICAL / Pharmacology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL / Toxicology
KW  - SCIENCE / Chemistry / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; <P>1. Introduction. <STRONG>Part I The Concepts: Hazard and Exposure</STRONG> 2. What Does "Toxic" Mean? 3. Paracelsus Reloaded-The Dose Concept. 4. Exposure-The Key Determinant in Risk Assessment. 5. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals.  6. What Our Body Does to a Chemical. 7. What a Chemical Does to Our Body. 8. Defense Shields. 9. Correlation and Causality. <STRONG>Part II The Chemicals</STRONG> 10. Pesticides-Killers with a License. 11. Toxic Food. 12. Dietary Supplements -- The More The Better? 13. Significant Risks: Persistent and Widespread.  14. Drugs. <STRONG>Part III The Risk </STRONG>15. Safety Assessment. 16. Acceptable Limits, Tolerance, and Red Lines. 17. Risk Assessment. 18. Gauging the Risk Against the Benefit. 19. Risk Communication. <STRONG>Part IV The Future </STRONG>20. Toxicological Challenges. 21. Conclusions and Outlook.</P>
N2  - "This book describes a rational basis for gauging the risk of chemicals, setting a contrast to sensational, often irrational, and even hysterical reports about poisonous compounds that highlight the hazard while ignoring the actual risk"--
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