ABSTRACT

Chemical substances, physical agents and built structures exhibit various types of hazard due to their inherent toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, reprotoxic and sensitizing character or damaging to the immune and hormone system. The first steps in managing an environment contaminated by chemical substances are characterization of hazards and quantifi

chapter 1|70 pages

Environmental toxicology –A general overview

ByK. GRUIZ

chapter 2|54 pages

Fate and behavior of chemical substances in the environment

ByK. GRUIZ, M. MOLNÁR, ZS. M. NAGY & CS. HAJDU

chapter 3|46 pages

Human toxicology

ByK. GRUIZ

chapter 4|58 pages

Aquatic toxicology

ByK. GRUIZ & M. MOLNÁR

chapter 5|82 pages

Terrestrial toxicology

ByK. GRUIZ, M. MOLNÁR, V. FEIGL, CS. HAJDU, ZS. M. NAGY, O. KLEBERCZ,

chapter 6|26 pages

Advanced methods for chemical characterization of soil pollutants

ByGY. ZÁRAY & I. VARGA

chapter 7|64 pages

Bioaccessibility and bioavailability in risk assessment

ByCS. HAJDU & K. GRUIZ

chapter 9|104 pages

Data evaluation and interpretation in environmental toxicology

ByK. GRUIZ, CS. HAJDU & T. MEGGYES