A Textbook of Modern Toxicology
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780470617656
Subjects: Medicine; Toxicology
Description: A Textbook of Modern Toxicology is a unique resource that provides both students and practitioners with a wide-ranging, accessible overview of the discipline. Suitable for courses in environmental, pharmacological, medical, and veterinary toxicology, this essential text features chapters written by experts who address a range of key topics. The Fourth Edition includes additional chapters on new approaches to toxicology - molecular methods ( -omics: toxicogenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), bioinformatics, and systems biology and continues the legacy of its predecessors to provide up-to-d.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: A TEXTBOOK OF MODERN TOXICOLOGY, FOURTH EDITION; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION; CONTRIBUTORS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Toxicology; CHAPTER 2: Introduction to Biochemical and Molecular Methods in Toxicology; PART II: CLASSES OF TOXICANTS; CHAPTER 3: Exposure Classes, Toxicants in Air, Water, Soil, Domestic, and Occupational Settings; CHAPTER 4: Classes of Toxicants: Use Classes; PART III: TOXICANT PROCESSING IN VIVO; CHAPTER 5: Absorption and Distribution of Toxicants; CHAPTER 6: Metabolism of Toxicants; CHAPTER 7: Reactive Metabolites.; title: CHAPTER 8: Chemical and Physiological Effects on Xenobiotic MetabolismCHAPTER 9: Elimination of Toxicants; PART IV: TOXIC ACTION; CHAPTER 10: Acute Toxicity; CHAPTER 11: Chemical Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis; CHAPTER 12: Teratogenesis; PART V: ORGAN TOXICITY; CHAPTER 13: Hepatotoxicity; CHAPTER 14: Nephrotoxicity; CHAPTER 15: Toxicology of the Nervous System; CHAPTER 16: Reproductive System; CHAPTER 17: Endocrine Toxicology; CHAPTER 18: Resp.