Full Description
Loomis's Essentials of Toxicology, Fifth Edition, provides the information on the harmful biologic effects associated with exposures to chemicals of all types. The scope of this book includes a discussion of the major types of chemicals involved, their general properties and detrimental biologic effects, the methods used to demonstrate these effects, the basis for clinical diagnosis, and therapy for the harmful effects of chemicals on humans. Individual examples are used to demonstrate the principle discussed. This reference volume will be an invaluable resource for both toxicologists and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in toxicology and public health.
Contents
1. Introduction, Scope, and Principles2. Numbers in Toxicology3. Biologic Factors that Influence Toxicity4. Chemical Factors that Influence Toxicity5. Influence of Route of Administration on Systemic Toxicity6. Genetic Factors that Influence Toxicity7. Classification of Harmful Effects of Chemicals8. Normal Toxic Effects of Chemicals9. Abnormal Response to Chemicals10. The Basis of Selective Toxicity11. The Basis of Antidotal Therapy12. Principles of Biological Tests for Toxicity13. Toxicologic Testing Methods14. Clinical Toxicology15. Information Sources in Toxicology
