Pesticide poisoning toxicological effects

In two volumes, this comprehensive and timely compendium of scientific knowledge covers the toxic effects or pesticides in humans and animals. The 1st edition, edited by Hayes WJ and Laws ER, consists of three volumes that were updated and expanded versions of Toxicology of Pesticides (1975) and Pesticides Studied in Man (1982), both of which are out of print. Includes information on the diagnosis and treatment of pesticide poisonings. A true classic. 

Murphy, S.D., 1986, Toxic effects of pesticides, in "Toxicology. The Basic Science of Poisons." 3rd Edition, C.D. Klaassen, M.O. Amdur and J. Doull, eds, Macmillan, England. 

Ecobichon, D. J. (1996). Toxic effects of pesticides. In Casarett and DouU s Toxicology The Basic Science of Poisons (C. D. Klaassen, Ed.), pp. 643-689. McGraw-Hill, New York. 

Costa LG (2007) Toxic effects of pesticide. In Klaassen CD (ed) Casarett and Doull s toxicology, the basic science of poison, 7th edn. McGraw Hill, New York... 

Murphy SD Toxic effects of pesticides. In Klaassen CD et al. (eds) Casarett and DoulPs Toxicology, The Basic Science of Poisons, 3rd ed, p 565. New York, Macmillan, 1986... 

The central tenet of toxicology was stated by the sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus All substances are poisons. There is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy. The scope of this chapter includes the toxic effects of several classes of chemicals on the human cardiovascular system (CVS). These include drugs (including those commonly abused, as well as therapeutic), pesticides, other organic chemicals, metals and other... 

The toxicological properties of individual pesticides are well known. I41l The effects of poisoning by low levels of pesticides and pesticide mixtures have not been as well documented. These effects are the subject of this section. The octanokwater partition coefficients (7T w) are given for each of the chemicals in this section, so as to demonstrate the effects of exposures to mixtures of lipophiles and hydrophiles. 

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Ecobichon, D. (1991). Toxic Effects of Pesticides. In Casarett and Doull s Toxicology The Basic Science of Poisons, 4th edition, ed. M. Amdur,J. Doull, and C. Klaassen. Ehnsford, NY Pergamon Press. 

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