Information Resources in Toxicology: Volume 1: Background, Resources, and Tools 5th Edition

This new fifth edition of Information Resources in Toxicology offers a consolidated entry portal for the study, research and practice of toxicology. An extensive update and revision of the previous edition published 10 years ago, it continues a tradition established in 1982 with the original volume in systematically itemizing, reviewing, and summarizing the current informatics infrastructure of toxicology. This book represents a unique, wide-ranging, curated, international, annotated bibliography and directory of major resources in toxicology and allied fields such as environmental and occupational health, chemical safety, and risk assessment. The editors and authors are among the leaders of the profession sharing their cumulative wisdom in toxicology’s sub-disciplines. This edition keeps pace with the digital world in directing and linking readers to relevant websites and other online tools. Several chapters focus on the role played by computer technology in facilitating access to toxicology information.

• The most comprehensive compendium of print, digital, and organizational resources in the toxicological sciences
• In 2 volumes, over 120 chapters contributed by experts and leaders in their respective sub-disciplines within toxicology
• Highlights resources both by topic and format
• Contains chapters representing more than 40 countries authored by renowned toxicologists of those countries
• Newly updated with all relevant key references and Web links
• Includes concise narratives about toxicologic sub-disciplines and valuable appendices such as the IUPAC Glossary of Terms in Toxicology