An Introduction to Toxicology

• Main Author: Burcham, Philip C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine.; Biomedicine general.

  This book provides a readable introduction to modern toxicology with a particular focus on the mechanisms underlying the induction of toxicity by foreign substances. Since bioactivation is central to many toxic syndromes, special interest is devoted to chemicals that undergo conversion to toxic me...

Table of Contents:

• The Emergence of Modern Toxicology
• Core Concepts in Toxicology
• Toxicokinetics - The Fate of Chemicals within the Body
• Toxicodynamics - How Chemicals Induce Toxicity
• Fightback - Adaptive Responses to Toxicant Exposure
• Target Organ Toxicity: Liver and Kidney
• Chemical Toxicity to the Unborn.- Chemicals and Cancer.- Everyday Toxicology I - Alcohol.- Everyday Toxicology II - Tobacco.      .