Environmental Neurotoxicology

by Committee on Neurotoxicology and Models for Assessing Risk, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, et al.

Scientists agree that exposure to toxic agents in the environment can cause neurological and psychiatric illnesses ranging from headaches and depression to syndromes resembling parkinsonism. It can even result in death at high exposure levels. The emergence of subclinical neurotoxicity--the concept that long-term impairments can escape clinical detection--makes the need for risk assessment even more critical. This volume paves the way toward definitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309045312
• ISBN13: 9780309045315
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"