Chemistry, health, and environment / Olov Sterner.

Weinheim ; New York : Wiley-VCH, [1999], ©1999.

xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

1. Chemicals and society -- 2. Organic compounds -- 3. Chemical properties -- 4. The chemicals of nature -- 5. Toxicological concepts -- 6. Uptake, distribution and elimination of chemicals -- 7. Metabolism of exogenous compounds in mammals : the principle conversions -- 8. Metabolism of exogenous compounds in mammals -- 9. Conversions and transformations in the environment -- 10. Toxic effect of chemicals -- 11. The molecular basis for genotoxicity and carcinogenicity -- 12. Environmental effects of chemicals -- 13. The assessment of organic structures.