Information Resources in Toxicology, Third Edition
Contributors: P.J. Bert Hakkinen (Editor); Gerald Kennedy (Editor); Frederick W. Stoss (Editor); Philip Wexler (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 921
ISBN-13: 9780127447704
First sentence: The science dealing with the harmful effects of chemical agents on biological systems is called toxicology, from the Greek word toxikon, a bow (to shoot poisoned arrows) or a poison in which to dip arrowheads [1].