Human toxicology /

This excellent volume was designed and edited with two major ideas in mind: firstly, the field of clinical toxicology is changing and an acknowledgement of these changes is warranted; secondly, no comprehensive compilation of recently published case reports of, and clinical studies on, human poisoni...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Descotes, Jacques, 1925
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1996.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444815576
Summary: This excellent volume was designed and edited with two major ideas in mind: firstly, the field of clinical toxicology is changing and an acknowledgement of these changes is warranted; secondly, no comprehensive compilation of recently published case reports of, and clinical studies on, human poisonings is available, which is in sharp contrast to the closely related field of drug-induced side-effects. The book focusses on issues of recent concern, or issues poorly documented in the past. It is important that clinical toxicologists gain a better knowledge of all the available techniques of tox
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 839 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780444815576
0444815570
9780080534220
0080534228
128105805X
9781281058058
Index Number: RA1211
CLC: R99
Contents: Management of acute poisonings -- Laboratory diagnosis of poisonings -- Risk analysis and toxic substances -- Acute poisonings in pregnancy -- Food and drug additives: Hypersensitivity and intolerance -- Hypnotics, sedatives and antipsychotics -- Antidepressants -- Anticonvulsants -- Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system -- Antiarrythmics -- Digitalis -- Antihypertensive and anti-anginal drugs -- Minor analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- Anti-allergic drugs and antihistamines -- Antimicrobials -- Anticancer drugs and immunomodulators -- Selected over-the-counter dr