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Exposure and Risk Assessment of Pesticide Use in Agriculture
Approaches, Tools and Advances
- 1st Edition - November 25, 2020
- Editors: Claudio Colosio, Aristidis M. Tsatsakis, Stefan Mandic-Rajcevic, Athanasios Alegakis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 4 6 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 5 6 2 - 5
Exposure and Risk Assessment of Pesticide Use in Agriculture: Approaches, Tools and Advances offers an overview of the different methods available in toxicology for pesticide… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExposure and Risk Assessment of Pesticide Use in Agriculture: Approaches, Tools and Advances offers an overview of the different methods available in toxicology for pesticide exposure and risk assessment, ranging from the regulatory field, to in-field research studies. The book provides technical background on each method, describing known and grounded tools, new uses of tools and development prospects. This book is ideal for researchers in pesticide toxicology, exposure toxicology, toxicologic risk assessment, occupational hygiene and medicine, and pesticide toxicology as well as occupational health and industrial hygiene practitioners, regulatory experts of corporate and public bodies, and advanced students.
- Covers pesticide exposure and risk assessment, ranging from fundamentals to advanced theory
- Explains methods that are useful for both experts and non-experts
- Details the use of each method for exposure and risk assessment, also including links to additional resources and further reading
Researchers in pesticide toxicology, exposure toxicology, toxicologic risk assessment, occupational hygiene and medicine. Occupational health and Industrial hygiene practitioners. Regulatory experts of corporate and public bodies. Advanced students in chemical, environment and life sciences
- No. of pages: 412
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 25, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128124666
- eBook ISBN: 9780128125625
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Claudio Colosio
Prof. Claudio Colosio, M.D., is an expert in the field of pesticide exposure and risk assessment in all phases covered by the book (from registration to the field use).
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Health Sciences of the University of Milan and International Centre for Rural Health, Milan, ItalyAT
Aristidis M. Tsatsakis
Aristidis Tsatsakis is Director of the Department of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences of the Medical School at the University of Crete and the University Hospital of Heraklion. He has more than 1000 publications, including 700 in ISI journals and is extensively cited. He was EUROTOX President (2014–16) and still an Emeritus Professor for the Federal Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology in Moscow. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Mendeleev Moscow University, the Far East Federal University (FEFU), Vladivostok, and the Carol Davila in Bucharest. He is a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Russia (FMRAS) and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (FATS, United States). He is the creator, founder, and chief scientific officer of ToxPlus SA. He developed numerous biomarkers of exposure and of effects for the pesticide and chemical toxicology field, uncovering the mechanistic understanding of the mode of actions, adverse outcome pathways, and clinical affects. He is currently the Editor of Food Chemical Toxicology, Editor-in-Chief of Toxicology Reports, Guest Editor of four special issues in Toxicology Letters, Toxicology and Food and Chemical Toxicology journals, Guest Editor of the RIFM-Food and Chemical Toxicology issue, Associate Editor, and member of the Editorial Boards in several other ISI indexed journals. He has also been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher 2020 in the field of Pharmacology–Toxicology (Publons).
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Department of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, GreeceSM
Stefan Mandic-Rajcevic
Stefan Mandic-Rajcevic, M.D., Ph.D., is an expert in the field of pesticide exposure and risk assessment in all phases covered by the book (from registration to the field use).
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Health Sciences of the University of Milan and International Centre for Rural Health, Milan, ItalyAA
Athanasios Alegakis
Athanasios Alegakis, Ph.D. is an expert in the field of pesticide exposure and risk assessment in all phases covered by the book (from registration to the field use).
Affiliations and expertise
Toxicology Science and Research Centre, Department of Forensic Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece