Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection / Edition 2

by David Baker, Lakshman Karalliedde, Virginia Murray, Robert Maynard, Norman HT Parkinson

Overview

Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection is ideal as both a course book for students and a handbook for field professionals involved in responding to chemical incidents and local environmental concerns.

Produced by Health Protection England, it offers a comprehensive and structured approach to dealing with toxicological problems worldwide. The text covers both the basics of toxicology and its application to issues of topical concern such as contaminated land, food additives, and water and air pollution.

Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, making Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection essential reading for all professionals in environmental public health, including: health protection consultants, specialists and trainees; public health practitioners; environmental health practitioners; environmental scientists; and staff of the emergency services, the water and waste industries, and other industrial and regulatory bodies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199652549
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/04/2012
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1: Fundamentals of Toxicology1.1. Introduction to toxicology, Lakshman Karalliedde, David Baker, Virginia Murray, Norman Parkinson1.2. Target organs, David Baker1.3. Experimental methods for investigating and interpretation of results in the toxicity of chemicals, Kevin Chipman1.4. Introduction to human biomonitoring in public health, Ovnair SepaiSection 2: Applications of Toxicology2.1. Sources of toxicological information, Robie Kamanyire, Nicholas Brooke2.2. Medical management following toxicological exposure, Simon FJ Clarke, Nicholas Castle2.3. Factors associated to individual susceptibility to toxic agents, David Baker, Ishani Kar-Pukayastha2.4. Occupational toxicology, Virginia Murray, Ishani Kar-Purkayastha, Norman ParkinsonSection 3: Environmental Toxicology3.1. Air pollution and health in the UK, Robert L Maynard3.2. Contaminated land assessment, Sohel Saikat3.3. Chemical pollution in water, Gary Lau3.4. Food additives and contaminants, Diane BenfordSection 4: A Review of Some Toxic Agents4.1. Carbon monoxide poisoning, Lakshman Karalliedde, Catherine Keshishian4.2. Toxicity of some heavy metals and trace elements, Nicholas Brooke, Lakshman Karalliedde4.3. The toxicology of pesticides, Lakshman Karalliedde, Timothy C Marrs4.4. Toxicological problems in developing nations, Lakshman Karalliedde4.45. Deliberate release of chemical agents: chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals, David Baker4.6. Products of combustion and irritant gases, James Wakefield, Robert Maynard4.7. Nanotoxicology, Vicky StoneAppendicesBasic medical concepts, David Baker, Lakshman Karalliedde, Virginia Murray, Robert Maynard, Norman Parkinson

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: John Pierce, MBBS (MD) PhD(Navy Environmental Health Center)
Description: This book describes the clinical toxicology of a broad range of environmental and occupational hazards. In the broadest sense, it is applicable to contaminated land, food additives, water and air pollution, and related topics.
Purpose: My sense is that this book brings together a series of what its editors describe as core competencies for professionals in the environmental public health field. This is very important because at times opinion is fragmented as a result of discord among toxicologists, epidemiologists, and others. This 300+ page book applies itself to the integration of toxicologic knowledge.
Audience: Readers likely will come from fields such as toxicology, environmental science, epidemiology, and risk assessment, although related professionals will benefit as well.
Features: The book is organized into four major sections. The first includes a general introduction and covers target organs, experimental methods for investigating safety, and biomonitoring; the second details sources of information, medical management, susceptibility issues, and occupational toxicology; the third discusses U.K. air pollution, risk assessment of land, incident management for drinking water, food additives, and contaminants; and the final section covers carbon monoxide poisoning, heavy metal toxicity, pesticide toxicity, toxicity of traditional medicine, chemical weapons, combustion toxicology, and nanotoxicology. The appendix details basic medical concepts.
Assessment: There has been a demand for a book like this for a long time. While older and more extensive treatments of toxicology for health professionals satisfy those who are headed for the toxicology profession, there's been little for everybody else. This book appears to have been carefully authored and scrupulously edited. Its visuals are quite outstanding, while it takes pains to examine very difficult topics such as how best to provide life support in contaminated areas. I give it a thumbs up!

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