Drinking Water and Health, Volume 8 : Pharmacokinetics in Risk Assessment

Pharmacokinetics, the study of the movement of chemicals within the body, is a vital tool in assessing the risk of exposure to environmental chemicals.

This book?a collection of papers authored by experts in academia, industry, and government?reviews the progress of the risk-assessment process and discusses the role of pharmacokinetic principles in evaluating risk.

In addition, the authors discuss software packages used to analyze data and to build models simulating biological phenomena.

A summary chapter provides a view of trends in pharmacokinetic modeling and notes some prospective fields of study. Table of ContentsFront MatterI. Introduction: The Problem and an ApproachII. Mathematical ModelingIII. Generalizations and ExtrapolationsIV. Uncertainties: Integration with Risk Assessment and ResourcesV.

Poster SessionVI. Applications of Mathematical ModelingVII. Summary: Prospectives and Future DirectionsPerspectivesIndex