RT Book, Section
A1 Rogers, John M.
A2 Klaassen, Curtis D.
A2 Watkins III, John B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1113949751
T1 Developmental Toxicology
T2 Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, 3e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847087
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1113949751
RD 2024/04/23
AB Developmental  toxicology  encompasses  the  study  of  pharmacokinetics,  mechanisms,  pathogenesis,  and  outcomes  following  exposure  to  agents  or  conditions  leading  to  abnormal  development.Developmental  toxicology  includes  teratology,  or  the  study  of  structural  birth  defects.Gametogenesis  is  the  process  of  forming  the  haploid  germ  cells:  the  egg  and  the  sperm.Organogenesis  is  the  period  during  which  most  bodily  structures  are  established.  This  period  of  heightened  susceptibility  to  malformations  extends  from  the  third  to  the  eighth  week  of  gestation  in  humans.