ABSTRACT
Industrial tox ico logy can be considered as the study o f those chemicals used in the w o rk place w hich have a toxic, poisonous, or deleterious effect on the body . T he defin ition can be en larged to include those dusts and particulates w hich, w hile perhaps no t tox ic w ith in a strict definition, can also be harm ful. Industrial toxicology is a com plex and broad based subject w hich canno t be stud ied in d ep th here. T he objective o f th is and the fo llow ing chapters is to define som e o f the p rob lem s and explore som e o f the approaches to their so lu tion . T he reader w h o requires a m ore com prehensive study is referred to specific reference texts such as the classic th ree -v o lu m e ed ition o f Industrial H y g ien e a nd Toxicology , by F. A. P a tty (W iley interscience), o r Toxicology by C asare tt and D oull (M acM illan).
