Experimental Toxicology - The Basic Issues

This book is a must for newcomers to the field who wish to gain an understanding of what toxicology is all about.

List of contents

Front matter; Contributors; Contents; Introduction to experimental toxicology; Effects of physical form, route, and species; Influence of animal species, strain, age, hormonal, and nutritional status; Experimental design; The biochemical principles of toxicology; Animal husbandry; Inhalation toxicology; Histopathology in safety evaluation; The metabolism and dispostion of xenobiotics; Theory and practice in metabolic studies; ImmunotoxicologyùConceptual problems; Perspectivesù the evaluation of reproductive toxicity and teratogenicity; Genetic toxicology; Molecular toxicology; Testing for carcinogenicity; In vitro methods for teratology testing; Assessing chemical injury to the reproductive system; Statistics; Risk assessment of chemicals; Epidemiology; Information and consultancy services in toxicology; Regulations and advisory requirements in relation to food; The influence of a growing environmental awareness on laboratory design; Good laboratory practice; Ethics in experiments on animals; Index

Summary

This book is a must for newcomers to the field who wish to gain an understanding of what toxicology is all about.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Anderson
• Assisted by: D. Anderson (Editor), Diana Anderson (Editor), Diana (University of Bradford Anderson (Editor), D M Conning (Editor), D. M. Conning (Editor)
• Publisher: RSC Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.1993
• EAN: 9780851864617
• ISBN: 978-0-85186-461-7
• No. of pages: 580
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 807 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries