Pesticide toxicology and international regulation

This book brings together key features of the toxicology of pesticides and the way their use is regulated in the main trading regions of the world. There are chapters on each of the main groups of insecticides, namely organochlorines, anticholinesterases and pyrethrins and pyrethroids.

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Marrs, Timothy C; Ballantyne, Bryan
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Current toxicology series
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470091673
Summary: This book brings together key features of the toxicology of pesticides and the way their use is regulated in the main trading regions of the world. There are chapters on each of the main groups of insecticides, namely organochlorines, anticholinesterases and pyrethrins and pyrethroids.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvii, 554 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0470091665
9780470091661
0471496448
9780471496441
0470091673
9780470091678
Index Number: RA1270
CLC: S481
Contents: Pesticide Toxicology and International Regulation; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Frequently Used Abbreviations; Toxicity Classifications and Hazard Ratings; 1 Pesticides: An Overview of Fundamentals; Definition and introductory generalizations; Major historical features; Classification and nomenclature; Exposure to pesticides; routes, monitoring, and protection; Health issues; Regulation of pesticides; References; Part I Insecticides; 2 Toxicology of Organochlorine Insecticides; 3 Anticholinesterase Insecticides; 4 Toxicology of Pyrethrins and Synthetic Pyrethroids.