Hamilton and Hardy's Industrial Toxicology

Hamilton and Hardy's Industrial Toxicology
Author: Raymond D. Harbison
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1364
Release: 2015-04-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470929731

Providing a concise, yet comprehensive, reference on all aspects of industrial exposures and toxicants; this book aids toxicologists, industrial hygienists, and occupational physicians to investigate workplace health problems. • Updates and expands coverage with new chapters covering regulatory toxicology, toxicity testing, physical hazards, high production volume (HPV) chemicals, and workplace drug use • Includes information on occupational and environmental sources of exposure, mammalian toxicology, industrial hygiene, medical management and ecotoxicology • Retains a succinct chapter format that has become the hallmark for the previous editions • Distils a vast amount of information into one resource for both academics and professionals

Hamilton & Hardy's Industrial Toxicology

Hamilton & Hardy's Industrial Toxicology
Author: Alice Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Industrial toxicology
ISBN: 9780815141815

This latest edition of a classic reference work in occupational and environmental medicine retains the clinical tone associated with earlier works, and updates the critical toxicologic information in a well-organized, moderate and accessible format. The book is organized alphabetically by substance and includes many new substances and the latest research on industrial toxins. Organized alphabetically by substance around the major sections of Metals & Metalloids, Chemical Compounds, Organic High Polymers, Pesticides, Physical Agents, Dusts, and Selected Topics in Industrial Hygiene. Each chapter will follow a set template to allow for ease of use and include: Uses, Classifications and Standards, Toxic/Harmful Effects, Prevention and Control, Treatment, Biomonitoring/Risk Assessment, and References Applied, clinically relevant toxicology. Chapters will provide a distillation of current knowledge; no wading through general principles of biochemistry, basic science, or pharmacokinetics. Hamilton & Hardysis perhaps the most widely known occupational/industrial medicine book in the domestic market. Mosby will be bringing a classic, high-visibility book back into the market place.

Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Author: Helmut Greim
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 842
Release: 2018-08-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119135923

Provides a complete understanding of how our bodies respond to toxicants, and the principles used to assess the health risks of specific exposure scenarios Toxicology and Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition reflects recent advances in science and technology, and provides the scientific background and methodological issues to enable the reader to understand the basic principles in toxicology and to evaluate the health risks of specific exposure scenarios. Completely updated with the latest information, this book offers a concise introduction to the subject. It is divided into five sections: Principles in Toxicology, Organ Toxicology, Methods in Toxicology, Regulatory Toxicology, and Specific Toxicity. The 2nd Edition adds new chapters that cover recent scientific and technological advances and current topics including the endocrine system, alternatives to animal testing, risk assessment and thresholds for carcinogens, European and international regulation, nanomaterials, fuels, fragrances, and agrochemicals. Concentrates on the basic concepts of toxicology and provides sufficient information for the reader to become familiar with them in order to understand the principles and to evaluate the risks at given exposures 30% new chapters cover recent scientific and technological advances including alternatives to animal testing; genotoxic carcinogens; REACH regulations; nanomaterials; fuels; fragrances; PAHs; and agrochemicals Written by a team of international specialists, and edited by two outstanding scientists in the field Fully updated and expanded, Toxicology and Risk Assessment: A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition is an essential text for any student or researcher with an interest in toxicology and related risk assessments.

The Education of Alice Hamilton

The Education of Alice Hamilton
Author: Matthew C. Ringenberg
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0253044014

A biography of Harvard’s first female faculty member—a pioneer in public health and worker safety. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Alice Hamilton graduated from medical school in 1893, and after completing internships at hospitals in Minneapolis and Boston, she rejected private practice and began dedicating herself to public health. Focusing on the investigation of the health and safety measures—or rather lack thereof—in the nation’s factories and mines during the second decade of the twentieth century, her discoveries led to factory and mine level-initiated reforms, and to city, state, and federal reform legislation. It also led to a greater recognition in the nation’s universities for formal academic programs in industrial and public health. In 1919, Harvard officials considered Hamilton the best-qualified person in the country to lead their effort in this area. The Education of Alice Hamilton is an inspiring story of a woman who lived a remarkable life at a time when women were not always welcome in medical circles—serving as personal physician to Jane Addams, founder of Hull House; traveling to the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany; researching the effects of mercury, carbon monoxide, benzene, and other substances on workers. She was sometimes ignored—such as when she warned of the dangers of lead in gasoline decades before it was eventually banned—but she persisted, and thanks in part to her groundbreaking work, Americans now enjoy the protection of OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Information Resources in Toxicology

Information Resources in Toxicology
Author: P.J. Bert Hakkinen
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 953
Release: 2000-01-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 008053466X

Information Resources in Toxicology, Third Edition is a sourcebook for anyone who needs to know where to find toxicology information. It provides an up-to-date selective guide to a large variety of sources--books, journals, organizations, audiovisuals, internet and electronic sources, and more. For the Third Edition, the editors have selected, organized, and updated the most relevant information available. New information on grants and other funding opportunities, physical hazards, patent literature, and technical reports have also been added.This comprehensive, time-saving tool is ideal for toxicologists, pharmacologists, drug companies, testing labs, libraries, poison control centers, physicians, legal and regulatory professionals, and chemists. - Serves as an all-in-one resource for toxicology information - New edition includes information on publishers, grants and other funding opportunities, physical hazards, patent literature, and technical reports - Updated to include the latest internet and electronic sources, e-mail addresses, etc. - Provides valuable data about the new fields that have emerged within toxicological research; namely, the biochemical, cellular, molecular, and genetic aspects