Casarett & Doull's Toxicology

Casarett & Doull's Toxicology

Authors: Curtis D. Klaassen

Published: November 2007

eISBN: 9780071593519 0071593519 | ISBN: 9780071470513

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Preface to the First Edition

Unit 1 General Principles of Toxicology

1 History and Scope of Toxicology

2 Principles of Toxicology

3 Mechanisms of Toxicity

4 Risk Assessment

Unit 2 Disposition of Toxicants

5 Absorption, Distribution, and Excretion of Toxicants

6 Biotransformation of Xenobiotics

7 Toxicokinetics

Unit 3 Non-Organ-Directed Toxicity

8 Chemical Carcinogens

9 Genetic Toxicology

10 Developmental Toxicology

Unit 4 Target Organ Toxicity

11 Toxic Responses of the Blood

12 Toxic Responses of the Immune System

13 Toxic Responses of the Liver

14 Toxic Responses of the Kidney

15 Toxic Responses of the Respiratory System

16 Toxic Responses of the Nervous System

17 Toxic Responses of the Ocular and Visual System

18 Toxic Responses of the Heart and Vascular System

19 Toxic Responses of the Skin

20 Toxic Responses of the Reproductive System

21 Toxic Responses of the Endocrine System

Unit 5 Toxic Agents

22 Toxic Effects of Pesticides

23 Toxic Effects of Metals

24 Toxic Effects of Solvents and Vapors

25 Health Effects of Radiation and Radioactive Materials

26 Properties and Toxicities of Animal Venoms

27 Toxic Effects of Plants

Unit 6 Environmental Toxicology

28 Air Pollution

29 Ecotoxicology

Unit 7 Applications of Toxicology

30 Food Toxicology

31 Analytic/Forensic Toxicology

32 Clinical Toxicology

33 Occupational Toxicology

Index