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Toxicology

The following handouts from three presentations by Dr. Robert Burr offer an overview of toxicology.

Principles of Toxicology

  Includes the science of poisons, dose response curve, terminology, response mechanisms, target cells and tissues, health effects, sources of exposure and existing knowledge. Download PDF file (1.71 MB)

Toxicology of Metals

  Includes forms, toxic response, syndromes, residence time, binding proteins, excretion, chelation, Lead, Arsenic, Mercury Download PDF file (116.94 kB)

Toxicology of Cd, Cr, Dioxin and TCE

  Indcludes characteristics, toxic response, targeet tissues, measuring and managing exposure of Cadmium, Chromium, Dioxin and Trichloroethylene Download PDF file (461.72 kB)