Ecosystem health. IV. The national animal poison information network database as a tool for ecological risk assessment

Val R. Beasley, David J. Schaeffer

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Abstract

Toxicology is a unique discipline in human and veterinary medicine because there are orders of magnitude more toxicants available to man and animals than all known pathogenic microorganisms and parasites. The study of toxicologic responses of ecosystems to contaminants, ecoepidemiology, are concerned with identifying chemically induced causes and determining effects on and links among populations, communities, and ecosystems. Necessary activities implied by the term "epizootiologic ecotoxicology" are the systematic compilation and analysis of "health" data for ecosystem components. This concept paper describes the value and limitations of adapting methods used by the National Animal Poison Information Network (NAPINet) for epizootiologic ecotoxicology studies. It is concluded that NAPINet methodology, as part of an innovative use of population statistics and clinical measurements, could eventually be adapted into a valuable component of a standardized approach to epizootiologic ecotoxicology.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)63-73
Number of pages11
JournalRegulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Toxicology

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