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Acute Toxicology Testing, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Shayne C. Gad (Author), Christopher P. Chengelis (Author)


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October 27, 1997 0122722507 978-0122722509 2
Acute toxicology testing provides the first line of defense against potentially dangerous chemicals. This book is a complete and practical guide to conducting and interpreting all regulatory required and commonly used acute toxicity tests. It presents detailed protocols for all of the common test designs and reviews their development and objectives. Acute Toxicology Testing, Second Edition will interest not only workers in the pharmaceutical industry, but also researchers and students in toxicology and public health.

Key Features
* Over 100 tables summarizing and interpreting results
* Complete coverage of all major test designs and their limitations and advantages
* Current status of alternative test designs and models

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Acute toxicology testing provides the first line of defense against potentially dangerous chemicals. This book is a complete and practical guide to conducting and interpreting all regulatory required and commonly used acute toxicity tests. It presents detailed protocols for all of the common test designs and reviews their development and objectives. Acute Toxicology Testing, Second Edition will interest not only workers in the pharmaceutical industry, but also researchers and students in toxicology and public health.
Key Features
* Over 100 tables summarizing and interpreting results
* Complete coverage of all major test designs and their limitations and advantages
* Current status of alternative test designs and models

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 534 pages
  • Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (October 27, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0122722507
  • ISBN-13: 978-0122722509
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,379,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
Acute toxicity studies, as defined in this book, are those which evaluate the short-term (less than 30 days) adverse biological effects of a single exposure (or a small number of exposures over a week or less) to a material or physical agent. Read the first page
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systemic toxicity testing, postdosing observation period, first challenge application, second challenge application, pyramiding protocol, acute systemic toxicity studies, appropriate skin site, lethality testing, control group guinea pigs, filter paper patch, acute toxicology testing, contact photosensitization, test group animals, neuromuscular screen, spaced dosages, ear thickness measurements, lethality curve, minimum lethal dosage, nonlethal dosage, rabbit eye irritation test, posttreatment group, acute inhalation study, moving average interpolation, phototoxicity testing, mouse ear swelling test
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New York, United States, Vitro Toxicology, Academic Press, None None, Considerations Specific, Raven Press, Environmental Protection Agency, Acta Pharmacol, Drug Chem, Cambridge Univ, Federal Hazardous Substances Act, Health Perspect, Telford Press, Churchill Livingstone, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Hill Top Chamber, Ocular Toxicol, Society of Toxicology, Boca Raton, British Toxicology Society, Cell Biol, Code of Federal Regulations, National Academy of Sciences, New Concepts
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