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This three-volume encyclopedia covers basic, critical, and
controversial elements in toxicology, i.e. those elements that are
essential to an understanding of the subject's scientific
underpinnings and societal ramifications. As such, it covers not only
key concepts such as dose response, mechanism of action, testing
procedures, endpoint responses, and target sites, but also individual
chemicals and classes of chemicals. Although the reference has a
strong chemical emphasis, it also looks at concepts such as radiation
and noise, history, laws, regulation, education, organizations, and
databases. The entries are alphabetically arranged and extensively
cross-referenced