Casarett & Doull's essentials of toxicology
By: editors, Curtis D. Klaassen, John B. Watkins III.
Contributors: Klaassen, Curtis D.; Watkins, John B.; Casarett, Louis J.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division; McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780071622400
Subjects: Toxicology -- Textbooks; Poisons -- toxicity; Toxicology -- methods
Genres: Textbooks
Other titles: Casarett and Doull's essentials of toxicology; Essentials of toxicology
Description: "We are delighted to present an updated full color, edition of Essentials of Toxicology, which distills the major principles and concepts of toxicology that were described in detail in the seventh edition of Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons. We are grateful to the colleagues who contributed to the seventh edition of Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons; their contributions to the parent text served as the foundation for the chapters in this edition of Essentials of Toxicology. Essentials of Toxicology concisely presents the broad science of toxicology. Important concepts from anatomy, physiology and biochemistry have been included to facilitate the understanding of the principles and mechanisms of toxicant action on specific organ systems. It is hoped that the book will be useful to students in undergraduate and graduate courses in toxicology, as well as students from other disciplines, who want to have a strong foundation in toxicologic concepts and principles"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: <b>UNIT 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 1.</b> HISTORY AND SCOPE OF TOXICOLOGY (Michael A. Gallo);; title: <b>Chapter 2.</b> PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY (David L. Eaton and Steven G. Gilbert);; title: <b>Chapter 3.</b> MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY (Zoltán Gregus);; title: <b>Chapter 4.</b> RISK ASSESSMENT (Elaine M. Faustman and Gilbert S. Omenn);; title: <b>UNIT 2: DISPOSITION OF TOXICANTS</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 5.</b> ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND EXCRETION OF TOXICANTS (Lois D. Lehman-McKeeman);; title: <b>Chapter 6.</b> BIOTRANSFORMATION OF XENOBIOTICS; title: (Andrew Parkinson and Brian W. Ogilvie);; title: <b>Chapter 7.</b> TOXICOKINETICS (Danny D. Shen);; title: <b>UNIT 3: NONORGAN-DIRECTED TOXICITY</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 8.</b> CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS (James E. Klaunig and Lisa M. Kamendulis);; title: <b>Chapter 9.</b> GENETIC TOXICOLOGY (R. Julian Preston and George R. Hoffmann);; title: <b>Chapter 10.</b> DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (John M. Rogers and Robert J. Kavlock)l;; title: UNIT 4: TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 11.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE BLOOD (John C. Bloom and John T. Brandt);; title: <b>Chapter 12.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; title: (Norbert E. Kaminski, Barbara L. Faubert Kaplan, and Michael P. Holsapple);; title: <b>Chapter 13.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE LIVER (Hartmut Jaeschke);; title: <b>Chapter 14.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE KIDNEY (Rick G. Schnellmann);; title: <b>Chapter 15.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (Hanspeter R. Witschi, Kent E. Pinkerton, Laura S. Van Winkle, and Jerold A. Last);; title: <b>Chapter 16.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; title: (Virginia C. Moser, Michael Aschner, Rudy J. Richardson, and Martin A. Philbert);; title: <b>Chapter 17.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE OCULAR AND VISUAL SYSTEM (Donald A. Fox and William K. Boyes);; title: <b>Chapter 18.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE HEART AND VASCULAR SYSTEM (Y. James Kang);; title: <b>Chapter 19.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE SKIN (Robert H. Rice and Theodora M. Mauro);; title: <b>Chapter 20.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Paul M.D. Foster and L. Earl Gray Jr.);; title: <b>Chapter 21.</b> TOXIC RESPONSES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; title: (Charles C. Capen);; title: <b>UNIT 5: TOXIC AGENTS</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 22.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES (Lucio G. Costa);; title: <b>Chapter 23.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF METALS (Jie Liu, Robert A. Goyer, and Michael P. Waalkes);; title: <b>Chapter 24.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS AND VAPORS; title: (James V. Bruckner and D. Alan Warren);; title: <b>Chapter 25.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (Naomi H. Harley);; title: <b>Chapter 26.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL VENOMS AND POISONS (John B. Watkins, III);; title: <b>Chapter 27.</b> TOXIC EFFECTS OF PLANTS, FUNGI AND ALGAE; title: (Stata Norton);; title: <b>UNIT 6: ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 28.</b> AIR POLLUTION (Daniel L. Costa);; title: <b>Chapter 29.</b> ECOTOXICOLOGY (Richard T. Di Giulio and Michael C. Newman);; title: <b>UNIT 7: APPLICATIONS OF TOXICOLOGY</b>;; title: <b>Chapter 30.</b> FOOD TOXICOLOGY (Frank N. Kotsonis and George A. Burdock);; title: <b>Chapter 31.</b> ANALYTIC/FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY (Alphonse Poklis);; title: <b>Chapter 32.</b> CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY (Louis R. Cantilena, Jr.);; title: <b>Chapter 33.</b> OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY (Peter S. Thorne);; title: <b>Self-Assessment Questions and Answers</b>;; title: <b>Index</b>.