by Philip Wexler (Editor)

Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Fourth Edition is currently the most extensive overview of the multiple areas of toxicology, including the chemical, biological and physical (e.g., radiation) perspectives. Spanning across six volumes, this new edition comprises 1200 thoroughly revised chapters, and over 70 brand new entries from leading experts which have all been carefully selected and edited by a world-class editorial board. New areas covered in this release include the bourgeoning field of computational toxicology, the many research applications of alternatives to animal testing, the rise in development and use of consumer products and their effects on populations, the increasing introduction and use of pharmaceutical ingredients and their interactions.

Other chapters cover artificial intelligence models of toxicological exposure and effects, extractables and leachable testing, climate change and its relation to global warming, flood, drought, etc. and the effects on humans, animals and the environment, screening tools such as sequence alignment to predict across species susceptibility, and much more.

• Includes contributions from a world-renowned editorial board and expert contributors with wide-ranging backgrounds in toxicology
• Thoroughly updated with the latest advances in the science
• Contains concise and accessible content, providing an authoritative reference resource for non-specialists and readers from undergraduate level upwards, as well as advanced healthcare providers
• Covers new topics such as computational toxicology, alternatives to animal testing, pharmaceutical ingredients, artificial intelligence models of toxicological exposure and effects, wildfires and effects of their smoke, vaping, high throughput transcriptomics, and the effect of environmental chemicals on the microbiome

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