Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Toxicology: A Thoroughly Revised Fourth Edition

Edited by Philip Wexler, the Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Fourth Edition, is the most extensive and authoritative overview of the multiple areas of toxicology, encompassing chemical, biological, and physical perspectives, including radiation. This new edition spans across six volumes, featuring 1200 thoroughly revised chapters and over 70 brand new entries from leading experts, carefully selected and edited by a world-class editorial board.

New Areas of Focus in this Edition

• Computational toxicology, a bourgeoning field with significant implications
• Alternatives to animal testing, a crucial area of research with growing importance
• The development and use of consumer products and their effects on populations
• The increasing introduction and use of pharmaceutical ingredients and their interactions
• Artificial intelligence models of toxicological exposure and effects
• Extractables and leachable testing, a vital aspect of product safety
• Climate change and its relation to global warming, flood, drought, and other environmental factors, and their effects on humans, animals, and the environment
• Screening tools such as sequence alignment to predict across species susceptibility
• Wildfires and the effects of their smoke, vaping, high throughput transcriptomics, and the effect of environmental chemicals on the microbiome

Expert Contributions and Accessibility

This encyclopedia features contributions from a world-renowned editorial board and expert contributors with wide-ranging backgrounds in toxicology. The content is concise, accessible, and authoritative, making it an invaluable reference resource for non-specialists and readers from undergraduate level upwards, as well as advanced healthcare providers.

With the latest advances in the science thoroughly integrated, this edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of toxicology, making it an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in the field.

Publication details:

Publisher: Academic Press

Edition: 4th edition

Publication Date: November 8, 2023

Language: English

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 8700

ISBN-10: 0128243155

ISBN-13: 978-0128243152