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18PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS AND SOLVENT-LIKE CHEMICALS Christopher M. Teaf, Michele M. Garber, and J. Michael Kuperberg For purposes of this chapter, solvent classes and individual examples are presented,…
21EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Michael S. Bloom and John E. Vena Environmental epidemiology has become perhaps one of the most challenging specialty areas in human health research,…
23HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT Leah D. Stuchal, Robert C. James, and Stephen M. Roberts Risk assessment is an ever-evolving process whereby scientific information on the hazardous properties of chemicals and…
20COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY* Richard S. Judson, David M. Reif, and Keith A. Houck This chapter provides an overview of the emerging field of computational toxicology (CT) and discusses: Goals of CT…
