Environmental Toxicology
Subject Guide
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Welcome to the Environmental Toxicology Research Guide!
Environmental toxicology, also known as entox, is a multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical agents on living organisms.
This guide will help point out some useful resources available to you that can assist you in doing your research.
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This course provides an understanding of how and why chemicals may damage humans and other organisms. A basic understanding of principles of toxicology and environmental chemical exposure (i.e., ecotoxicology) is presented, followed by detailed analysis of the physiological and/or biochemical mechanisms by which toxicants cause effects, and of the body’s defenses against toxicants. Toxicological modeling and environmental risk assessment are introduced. Objective research from the relevant scientific literature will be studied to highlight topics of study and demonstrate case studies.
- Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) SearchProvided by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), this page lets you search for and display MSDS data for many chemicals.
- SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
This resource can only be used by current students, faculty/staff.
For instructions on how to register/create an account see below: more...SciFinder Scholar provides access to scientific research in numerous disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and agricultural science. SciFinder is composed of numerous research databases including the Chemical Abstracts Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and MEDLINE. - Web of Science [Web of Science] This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is a platform that provides access to citations, abstracts, and conference proceedings allowing for in-depth exploration of fields within the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from many research journals. It also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching, which users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Other unique features this database possesses are Analyze Results, and Create Citation Reports.
- TOXLINE [ProQuest] This link opens in a new windowTOXLINE provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens. It is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.