"This excellent book should be in every scientific library where it will provide a valuable reference book." (British Toxicology Soc. Newsletter, August 2001)

"...intended as an advanced text for those students with a knowledge of the general principles of toxicology." (FUB Info Mai 2002, May 2002)

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"...comprises a good teaching text...new chapters on...immunotoxicology, cutaneous toxicology, and molecular epidemiology." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 2, June 2001)

"This excellent book should be in every scientific library where it will provide a valuable reference book." (British Toxicology Soc. Newsletter, August 2001)

"...intended as an advanced text for those students with a knowledge of the general principles of toxicology." (FUB Info Mai 2002, May 2002)

Book Description
Introduction to Biochemical Toxicology
Third Edition
Over the past several decades, biochemical toxicology has contributed greatly to the advancement of scientific disciplines ranging from medicine and pharmacology to environmental science and industrial hygiene. In its never-ending quest to define the biochemical, cellular, and molecular events occurring when toxicants interact with organisms, biochemical toxicology provides the rational basis for, among other things, our understanding of acute and chronic toxic processes, the development of new therapies, the determination of toxic hazards, and the development of medical and agricultural biocides.
Recent applications of new molecular and cellular techniques have greatly expanded our knowledge of how toxicants produce their adverse effects. As a consequence, the time has come for a substantial revision of Professor Ernest Hodgson's classic reference in the field. This Third Edition now contains updated overview chapters on immunochemical and molecular techniques. It also features entirely new chapters covering such crucial topics as immunotoxicology, cutaneous toxicology, reproductive and developmental toxicology, and molecular epidemiology.

Book Info
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Provides indepth information describing the underlying biochemical, molecular, and cellular mechanisms through which toxicants produce their adverse responses. For toxicology graduate students, this textbook evolved from the authors' experience teaching at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

From the Back Cover
Introduction to Biochemical Toxicology
Third Edition

Over the past several decades, biochemical toxicology has contributed greatly to the advancement of scientific disciplines ranging from medicine and pharmacology to environmental science and industrial hygiene. In its never-ending quest to define the biochemical, cellular, and molecular events occurring when toxicants interact with organisms, biochemical toxicology provides the rational basis for, among other things, our understanding of acute and chronic toxic processes, the development of new therapies, the determination of toxic hazards, and the development of medical and agricultural biocides.

Recent applications of new molecular and cellular techniques have greatly expanded our knowledge of how toxicants produce their adverse effects. As a consequence, the time has come for a substantial revision of Professor Ernest Hodgsons classic reference in the field. This Third Edition now contains updated overview chapters on immunochemical and molecular techniques. It also features entirely new chapters covering such crucial topics as immunotoxicology, cutaneous toxicology, reproductive and developmental toxicology, and molecular epidemiology.

About the Author
ERNEST HODGSON, PhD, is the William Neal Reynolds Professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at North Carolina State University.

ROBERT C. SMART, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at North Carolina State University.

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