Screen LibraryExpert report writing in toxicology : forensic, scientific and legal aspects /
Every year throughout the world, individuals' health is damaged by their exposure to toxic chemicals at work. In most cases these problems will resolve, but many will sustain permanent damage. Whilst any justified claim for compensation requires medical and legal evidence a crucial and often co...
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Wiley Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118432365 |
| Summary: |
Every year throughout the world, individuals' health is damaged by their exposure to toxic chemicals at work. In most cases these problems will resolve, but many will sustain permanent damage. Whilst any justified claim for compensation requires medical and legal evidence a crucial and often controversial component of this process is the establishment of a causal link between the individual's condition and exposure to a specific chemical or substance. Causation, in terms of how a substance or substances led the claimant to his or her current plight, can be difficult to establish and the main |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118432365 (electronic bk.) 1118432363 (electronic bk.) 9781118432358 (electronic bk.) 1118432355 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RA1228 |
| CLC: | D919.1 |
| Contents: | A brief history of occupational toxicology -- The expert report process in legal context -- Acute toxicity: case histories of solvent exposure -- Chronic and permanent injury: bladder cancer and occupation -- Chronic and acute toxicity of herbicides and pesticides -- Toxicity of imported goods -- Epilogue: occupational health : future perspectives. |