Comprehensive Toxicology, Volume CD-ROM Version [CD-ROM]

I.G. Sipes (Editor), C.A. McQueen (Editor), A.J. Gandolfi (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 1998 | ISBN-10: 008042306X | ISBN-13: 978-0080423067 | Edition: Cdr

Comprehensive Toxicology is an in-depth, state-of-the-art review of toxicology with an emphasis on human systems. This set of volumes has been designed to encompass investigation from the molecular level to the intact organism. The end result is a balanced presentation that integrates specific biological effects of pertinent toxicants across the various disciplines of toxicology.

In planning Comprehensive Toxicology, the needs of a wide range of potential users were considered. Consequently, each area includes a thorough review as well as the latest scientific data and interpretation.

The CD-ROM contains the full contents from the first 13 volumes. In addition, the CD-ROM version provides the additional benefit of a sophisticated search engine:

• natural language querying - queries can be entered in natural language phrases

• advanced relevance ranking - search results are interpreted for actual relevance rather than just the 'number of hits'

• concept searching - because e.g., "dose" and "poisoning" and linked by occurrence within the text, (they are linked linguistically) relevant hits are suggested that you didn't specifically request

• high relevance in retrieval - you can find relevant articles that you would have missed with a standard Boolean search

• synonym searches - the software generates related search terms

• query by example - a word, paragraph or entire article can be used as a search query, in order to find relevant text

• abstracts for most of the 50,000 references

The CD-ROM software is intuitive for the end-user, so no experience or training is required.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

AFFILIATIONS

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona. Research Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Jay Gandolfi was born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. He attended college at the University of California at Davis. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Oregon State University. This was followed by a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in anesthetic fate and toxicity. He joined the University of Arizona in 1978 and is currently Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology. His interests are in the mechanisms of cellular toxicity and cell death. Current studies concentrate on the role of the immune system in fluorocarbon induced hepatotoxicity, the reversal of toxicity using agents adminstered post-intoxication, and the use of in vitro systems to evaluate cell specific injury. The toxicants of interest include: halogenated hydrocarbons, volatile anesthetics, metals, cysteine conjugates, and classical hepatic/renal toxicants. He has served on the Toxicology Study Section for the National Institutes of Health and has held several offices in the Society of Toxicology including President of the Mechanisms Specialty Section. He is currently Chair of the Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology and Associate Director of the Superfund Hazardous Waste Program.

He lives with his wife, Judi, on the "Double J Ranch" on the outskirts of Tucson. They enjoy horseback riding in the mountains of Southern Arizona and playing with their numerous pets. They have three grown sons, two who are engineers and one who is in advertising. E-mail: [e-mail]

You can also access Jay Gandolfi's WWW Homepage via: http://aruba.ccit.arizona.edu/~gandolfi/

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 1 pages
• Publisher: Pergamon; Cdr edition (June 18, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 008042306X
• ISBN-13: 978-0080423067
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
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