
A Guide to Practical Toxicology
Evaluation, Prediction, and Risk, Second Edition
CRC Press
2nd Edition
Published on 22. September 2008
Book
Hardback
472 pages
978-1-4200-4314-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This practical, user-friendly, and informative text surveys basic principles of toxicology. It is an invaluable guide to evaluating toxicity and related data, approaching toxicity testing and interpretation, and understanding the concepts of hazard prediction and risk assessment and management.
A Guide to Practical Toxicology:
examines how to evaluate various groups of chemicals-pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and agrochemicals
provides insights on toxicity determination, normality and naturality, prediction, and regulation
Two all-new chapters cover:
safety pharmacology
evaluation of different chemical classes
A Guide to Practical Toxicology:
examines how to evaluate various groups of chemicals-pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and agrochemicals
provides insights on toxicity determination, normality and naturality, prediction, and regulation
Two all-new chapters cover:
safety pharmacology
evaluation of different chemical classes
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Toxicologists in both academia and industry; pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical industries; environmental agencies, public health, and regulatory bodies.
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
104 s/w Abbildungen, 54 s/w Tabellen, 48 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
48 Halftones, black and white; 54 Tables, black and white; 104 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-4314-3 (9781420043143)
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Persons
ADAM WOOLLEY is Director and Consultant Toxicologist, ForthTox Limited, Linlithgow, UK. He received his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from London University, London, UK. Mr. Woolley is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK, where he is an examiner in toxicology and is also a board member and Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology. He is an Honorary Consultant at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Manchester University, Manchester and is a member of the British Toxicology Society and US Society of Toxicology. With over thirty five years of experience, including eighteen years in contract research and nine years in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Woolley is an expert in pharmaceutical development, including proteins and gene therapy agents, agrochemicals, human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals. He has conducted numerous toxicity studies, reviewed reports, and data packages, and is the author of the First Edition of Informa Healthcare's A Guide to Practical Toxicology: Evaluation, Prediction, and Risk.
Content
Introduction to toxicology: the necessity of measurement. Normality: definition and maintenance. Determination of toxicity: basic principles. Determination of toxicity in vitro. Safety Pharmacology. Determination: general and reproductive toxicology. Determination: genotoxicity and carcinogenicity. Determination: irritation and sensitization. Determination: environmental toxicology and epidemiology. Interpretation. Prediction of hazard. Background to risk due to toxicity. Risk assessment in practice and setting exposure limits. Risk assessment and management in the workplace. Risk assessment: carcinogenicity; the environment; evolution and overview of risk assessment. Evaluation of specific groups of chemicals. The future of toxicity testing.