Front matter; Contributors; Contents; Introduction to experimental toxicology; Effects of physical form, route, and species; Influence of animal species, strain, age, hormonal, and nutritional status; Experimental design; The biochemical principles of toxicology; Animal husbandry; Inhalation toxicology; Histopathology in safety evaluation; The metabolism and dispostion of xenobiotics; Theory and practice in metabolic studies; ImmunotoxicologyùConceptual problems; Perspectivesù the evaluation of reproductive toxicity and teratogenicity; Genetic toxicology; Molecular toxicology; Testing for carcinogenicity; In vitro methods for teratology testing; Assessing chemical injury to the reproductive system; Statistics; Risk assessment of chemicals; Epidemiology; Information and consultancy services in toxicology; Regulations and advisory requirements in relation to food; The influence of a growing environmental awareness on laboratory design; Good laboratory practice; Ethics in experiments on animals; Index

This book is a must for newcomers to the field who wish to gain an understanding of what toxicology is all about.