Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, Ninth Edition

Comprehensive Review of Modern Toxicology

Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, Ninth Edition is the gold-standard text in toxicology, providing an unsurpassed understanding of the key principles, concepts, mechanisms, chemical-specific toxicity, and modes of thought that are the foundation of the discipline. This trusted classic delivers a comprehensive review of the essential components of toxicology, offering the most up-to-date, revealing, and in-depth look at the systemic responses of toxic substances available anywhere.

Seven Key Sections

Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, Ninth Edition is logically divided into seven sections:

1. General Principles of Toxicology
2. Disposition of Toxicants
3. Non-Organ Directed Toxicity
4. Target Organ Toxicity
5. Toxic Agents
6. Environmental Toxicology
7. Applications of Toxicology

Expert Contributions

This edition is markedly updated from the previous edition, with more than one-third of the chapters authored by scientists who have not made previous contributions to the book. Sharing their expertise, they deliver dynamic new coverage of the importance of apoptosis, autophagy, cytokines, growth factors, oncogenes, cell cycling, receptors, gene regulation, protective mechanisms, repair mechanisms, transcription factors, signaling pathways, transgenic mice, knock-out mice, humanized mice, polymorphisms, microarray technology, second-generation sequencing, genomics, proteomics, epigenetics, exposome, microbiota, read across, adverse outcome pathways, high-content screening, computational toxicology, innovative test methods, and organ-on-a-chip in understanding the mechanisms of toxicity and the regulation of chemicals.

A True Essential

If you are in need of an up-to-date, all-in-one overview of the biomedical and environmental aspects of toxicology – written by experts, and presented in full color, your search ends here.

Product Details

Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, Ninth Edition

Series: Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 1648

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 9 edition (November 19, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1259863743

ISBN-13: 978-1259863745

Ranking: #8 in Toxicology (Books), #50 in Pharmacology (Books)