Individual and Subpopulation Variations in Response
To Toxic Chemicals: Factors of Susceptibility

Timothy T. Iyaniwura, Ph.D.; Senior Research Fellow, 1998-2002; Biomedical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital; Dundee, Scotland, UK; E-mail: timothyiyaniwura@hotmail.com

Abstract of a paper published in RiskWorld Reports and Papers:

This paper reviews factors that should receive attention in defining the toxicity of chemicals within a population setting, with emphasis on those factors that may confer the greatest susceptibility to toxic effects. The review is intended to aid in identifying at-risk populations and the indices of toxicity that characterize them, thereby helping to establish toxicological endpoints that will allow for individual variations in susceptibilities to chemical exposures and will be representative of the general population.

(Published in RiskWorld with the authors' permission.)