Encyclopedia of Toxicology (4^th Ed.)

Langue : Anglais

Rédacteur en Chef : Wexler Philip

Couverture de l’ouvrage Encyclopedia of Toxicology

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Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Fourth Edition is currently the most extensive overview of the multiple areas of toxicology, including the chemical, biological and physical (e.g., radiation) perspectives. Spanning across six volumes, this new edition comprises of over 1100 thoroughly revised chapters, and over 80 brand new entries from leading experts which have all been carefully selected and edited by a world-class editorial board. New areas covered in this release include the bourgeoning field of computational toxicology, the many research applications of alternatives to animal testing, the rise in development and use of consumer products and their effects on populations, the increasing introduction and use of pharmaceutical ingredients and their combinations.

Other chapters cover artificial intelligence models of toxicological exposure and effects, extractables and leachables testing, cliimate change and its relation to global warming, flood, drought, etc. and the effects on humans, animal and the environment, screening tools such as sequence alignment to predict across species susceptibility, and much more.

Encyclopedia of Toxicology – Subject Scope - A Sampling

History and Basic Principles

Testing and Evaluation

Human data and Epidemiology

Animal Models

New Methodological Approaches

Translational Toxicology and Public Health

Environmental and Ecotoxicology

Toxic Accidents

Legal and Regulatory Framework

Risk Assessment

Legislation and Chemicals Management

Clinical, Occupational, Forensic, Analytical

Target Sites – Kidney, Liver, Cardiovascular, Heart, Skin, Reproductive, Nervous System, etc.

Carcinogenesis

Genetic Toxicology

Chemicals

Drugs

Industrial Chemicals – Solvents, Plasticizers, Flame Retardants, etc.

Agricultural Chemicals – Pesticides including Insecticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, etc.

Food Additives

Cosmetics and Fragrances

Nanomaterials

Metals

.... And Many More

Radiation and Radioactive agents

Natural Toxins – Venoms, etc.

Organizations – Professional, Governmental, Other

….. And Much More

Philip Wexler has written and edited numerous publications related to toxicology and toxico-informatics, as well as taught and otherwise lectured globally on these topics. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Toxicology including the current, 4th edition (2023) since its inception as well as Information Resources in Toxicology (Elsevier. 5th ed. 2020), and Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. 2011). He has served as Associate Editor for Toxicology Information and Resources for Elsevier's journal, Toxicology and edited special issues on Digital Information and Tools. Phil is also overseeing a monographic series on Toxicology History. Volumes have been published on Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, modern clinical toxicology, risk assessment, alternative test methods, food and nutrition, and disasters, with more in the planning stages. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of the Taylor and Francis journal, Global Security: Health, Science, and Policy and a past recipient of the US Society of Toxicology’s (SOT) Public Communications Award.
Phil recently retired from a long federal career as a Technical Information Specialist at the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, within its Specialized Information Services Division (SIS). His initial position at NLM was as a Fellow of its Associate Program and early work included a brief stint in the Reference Services Section. A recipient of the NLM Regents Award for Scholarly or Technical Achievement and the Distinguished Technical Communication Award of the Washington chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, he was team leader for the development of the ToxLearn online multi-module tutorials, a joint activity with the SOT. Phil had also been project officer for the LactMed file on drugs and lactation, and the IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) and ITER (International Toxic

Includes contributions from a world-renowned editorial board and expert contributors with wide-ranging backgrounds in toxicology
Thoroughly updated with the latest advances in the science
Contains concise and accessible content, providing an authoritative reference resource for non-specialists and readers from undergraduate level upwards, as well as advanced healthcare providers
Covers new topics such as computational toxicology, alternatives to animal testing, pharmaceutical ingredients, artificial intelligence models of toxicological exposure and effects, wildfires and effects of their smoke, vaping, high throughput transcriptomics, and the effect of environmental chemicals on the microbiome