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Principles and Practice of Toxicology in Public Health

Author(s): Ira S. Richards, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of South Florida
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763738235
  • ISBN-10:0763738239
  • Paperback    464 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $100.95 US List
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Principles and Practice of Toxicology in Public Health is the ideal text for a first course in toxicology for the public health student. In four sections, it offers an introduction to the field, as well as the basics of toxicology principles, systemic toxicity, and toxicology practice. The text is immediately readable for the student with little technical background.

This book is also ideal for the practicing attorney dealing in environmental law issues, toxic torts, product liability, workers compensation or personal injury from chemical exposure. It gives the reader a clear, non-technical understanding of how chemicals produce injury in the body as well as the necessary vocabulary to engage in discussion with experts in the field.

Features:

  • Offers thorough coverage of the basic principles of toxicology without being too technical or specialized.
  • Uses reader-friendly language making it accessible to students from a variety of backgrounds including environmental health, industrial hygiene, epidemiology, biostatistics, medicine, nursing, engineering, biology, chemistry, as well as toxicology.
  • Authored by a professor with over 20 years of experience teaching who is also a well known expert witness in Toxicology

 

 

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Preface

Acknowledgements  

SECTION I.    INTRODUCTION

1.       Toxicology and Its Roots as a Science  

2.       Chemical Properties and Information Resources on Hazardous Chemicals

3.       Toxicity and the Factors That Modify Toxic Responses

4.       Biological Poisons: Plant and Animal Toxins 

5.       Environmental Pollutants and Their Fate  

SECTION II.  TOXICOLOGY PRINCIPLES

6.       Dose and Response

7.    Absorption of Toxicants and Models of Disposition

8.       Distribution, Storage, and Elimination of Toxicants 

9.       Biotransformation

10.      Chemical-Induced Mutagenesis

11.   Chemicals and Cancer

SECTION III.  SYSTEMIC TOXICITY

12.   Role of Immune System   

13.   Skin                                                   

14.   The Liver and Kidneys                                              

15.   The Cardiovascular System

16.   The Respiratory System

17.   The Nervous System                                   

SECTION IV. TOXICOLOGY PRACTICE

18.   The Practice of Toxicology

19.   Regulatory Considerations

20.   Toxicity Testing

21.   Use and Limitations of Product Labeling for Public Safety

22.   Toxicology Principles in the Management of Acute Poisonings

23.   Risk Assessment and the Perception of Risk

24.   Making Informed Decisions

 

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Ira S. Richards, PhD-Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of South Florida

Ira S. Richards, PhD is Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida.

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  • "...a good basic introduction for environmental health students in MPH degree programs."

    —George E. Johnston, PhD, Loma Linda University

  • "I find that this is a wonderful textbook. It offers thorough coverage of the basics of toxicology principles, systemic toxicology, and toxicology practice; and it is pretty reader-friendly. I think that it is a good text for a first course in toxicology for students from a variety of backgrounds."

    —Qihai Gu, Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Kentucky
     

  • "I am very grateful for the copy of the  toxicology book. I have found it to be outstanding,  both in its coverage of the diverse subject matter,  as well as the readability of the text itself. The latter is especially important for a beginning student, as the main concepts should be clearly explained, as it is very well achieved in this title. This book can certainly be used as a textbook for a  first course on the subject of general toxicology."

    —Armando Gonzalez Stuart, PhD, UTEP/UT-Austin Cooperative Pharmacy Program

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