Toxicology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124732704 ISBN 13: 9780124732704

Publisher: Academic Press, 1999

Synopsis

Toxicology is a comprehensive text for researchers and graduate students in toxicology and public health. It addresses every aspect of the field, starting with the fundamentals and incorporating such areas as organ toxicology, applications, and environmental toxicology. In addition to covering the traditional subject matter of toxicology, special emphasis has been placed on recent areas of interest, such as risk assessment, apoptosis, and methodical developments.

Key Features
* Comprehensive text, covering all aspects of the field of toxicology
* Analyzes the importance of toxicokinetics and metabolism as well as cellular targets for the mechanisms of toxic effects
* Identifies the various classes of chemical compounds responsible for the toxic effects
* Describes the approaches and methods used by various disciplines which investigate toxic effects and their prevention
* Adapted from a very successful German text, this edition is completely revised and expanded
* The text is well illustrated with diagrams, charts, and tables

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The increasing importance of chemicals in the industrialized world and their toxic potential touch nearly every aspect of modern life. Students and professionals in science, medicine, engineering, and public health require current information and a broad base of knowledge about toxic agents and their effects. Toxicology has been written for this purpose. This comprehensive text addresses every aspect of the field, starting with the fundamentals of toxicology and incorporating such areas as organ toxicity, toxicology of compounds, applications, and environmental toxicology. In addition to the traditional subject matter, special emphasis has been placed on recent areas of interest, such as risk assessment, apoptosis, and methodological developments. Extensive, detailed indexing enables readers to locate specific areas of toxicology for their research.
Key Features
* Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the field of toxicology
* Analyzes the importance of toxicokinetics and metabolism as well as cellular targets for the mechanisms of toxic effects
* Identifies the various classes of chemical compounds responsible for the toxic effects
* Describes the approaches and methods used by various disciplines which investigate toxic effects and their prevention
* Expands on a very successful German text, with new international authors, new chapters and extensive revisions.
* Incorporates numerous diagrams, charts, and tables

About the Author:

Dr. Seigfried Schäfer and Dr. Hans. Marquardt are the editors of the very successful German edition of Toxicology.

Dr. Seigfried Schäfer and Dr. Hans Marquardt are the editors of the very successful German edition of Toxicology.

Dr. Roger O. McClennan is president and CEO of the very highly regarded and respected non-profit Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology. CIIT conducts research directed toward reducing the uncertainties in assessing human health risks of exposures to chemicals.

Frank Welsch is a senior scientist at the very highly regarded and respected non-profit Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology. CIIT conducts research directed toward reducing the uncertainties in assessing human health risks of exposures to chemicals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0124732704
• ISBN 13: 9780124732704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1360
• Editor: Marquardt Hans, Schäfer Siegfried G., McClellan Roger O., Welsch Frank