Loomis's essentials of toxicology / A. Wallace Hayes, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida, Institute for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Tao Wang, Coherus BioSciences, Redwood City, CA; Darlene Dixon, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, NC.
| Author/creator | Hayes, A. Wallace, 1939- author. |
| Other author | Wang, Tao, MD, author. |
| Other author | Dixon, Darlene, author. |
| Other author | Loomis, Ted A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fifth edition. |
| Publication | London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2020] |
| Copyright Date | ©2020 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Essentials of toxicology |
| Contents | Introduction, scope, and principles -- Dose and dose-response relationships in toxicology -- Biologic factors that influence toxicity -- Chemical factors that influence toxicity -- Influence of route of administration on systemic toxicity -- Genetic factors that influence toxicity -- Classification of harmful effects of chemicals -- Toxic effects of chemicals -- Abnormal response to chemicals -- The basis of selective toxicity -- The basis of antidotal therapy -- Principles of biological tests for toxicity -- Toxicologic testing methods -- Clinical toxicology -- Information sources in toxicology. |
| Abstract | "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."--Publisher's description |
| General note | Revised edition of: Loomis's essentials of toxicology / Ted A. Loomis, A. Wallace Hayes. Fifth edition. 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 10, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hayes, A. Wallace (Andrew Wallace), 1939- Loomis's essentials of toxicology. Fifth edition. Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2019 9780128159217 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780128159224 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0128159227 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Stock number | 9780128159224 Ingram Content Group |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |