Main description:

This new fifth edition of Information Resources in Toxicology offers a consolidated entry portal for the study, research, and practice of toxicology. Both volumes 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 subdisciplines. This edition keeps pace with the digital world in directing and linking readers to relevant websites and other online tools.

Due to the increasing size of the hardcopy publication, the current edition has been divided into two volumes to make it easier to handle and consult. Volume 1: Background, Resources, and Tools, arranged in 5 parts, begins with chapters on the science of toxicology, its history, and informatics framework in Part 1. Part 2 continues with chapters organized by more specific subject such as cancer, clinical toxicology, genetic toxicology, etc. The categorization of chapters by resource format, for example, journals and newsletters, technical reports, organizations constitutes Part 3. Part 4 further considers toxicology's presence via the Internet, databases, and software tools. Among the miscellaneous topics in the concluding Part 5 are laws and regulations, professional education, grants and funding, and patents. Volume 2: The Global Arena offers contributed chapters focusing on the toxicology contributions of over 40 countries, followed by a glossary of toxicological terms and an appendix of popular quotations related to the field.

The book, offered in both print and electronic formats, is carefully structured, indexed, and cross-referenced to enable users to easily find answers to their questions or serendipitously locate useful knowledge they were not originally aware they needed. Among the many timely topics receiving increased emphasis are disaster preparedness, nanotechnology, -omics, risk assessment, societal implications such as ethics and the precautionary principle, climate change, and children's environmental health.

Contents:

1. Overview of International Activities 2. European Union 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. Brazil 6. Canada 7. Chile 8. China 9. Czech Republic 10. Denmark 11. Ecuador 12. Finland 13. France 14. Germany 15. Greece 16. India 17. Iran 18. Israel 19. Italy 20. Japan 21. Kenya 22. Malaysia 23. Mexico 24. The Netherlands 25. New Zealand 26. Norway 27. Peru 28. Poland 28. Portugal 30. Russia 31. Saudi Arabia 32. Serbia 33. Singapore 34. South Africa 35. South Korea 36. Spain 37. Sweden 38. Switzerland 39. Taiwan 40. Turkey 41. United Kingdom 42. Uruguay 43. Venezuela

Appendix I: Glossary II: Quotes