Essentials of Toxicology - Vijay Kumar Matham - Bog

Toxicology, in recent years, has acquired greater importance than ever before because of increasing and indiscriminate use of farm chemicals and drugs accompanied by rapid degrading impact of environmental pollution on health of animals. The indiscriminate feeding habits of domestic animals especially in developing countries make them more prone to the impact of natural toxicants like Phytotoxins and Mycotoxins. Toxicology has been recognized as a separate discipline in all sciences both at undergraduate and post graduate levels for the last four decades and lot of emphasis has been given on its teaching, research and practical utility from clinical point of view. This book was written with two goals in mind (i) to provide a textbook for students that would supplement their classroom instruction and (ii) to supply a valuable aid to practioneThe book has been prepared in a most comprehensive manner with up to date references which offers invaluable, clinically oriented guidance on numerous potentially toxic substances. In addition, to covering traditional and non-traditional areas of toxicology it provides a wealth of quick reference charts and tables that gives vital information at your finger tips.