Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 9th Edition 9th Edition

Toxicology’s Gold-Standard Reference, 9th Edition

This book is the gold-standard text in toxicology, completely updated to reflect the latest breakthroughs and discoveries. Selected as a Doody’s Core Title® for 2024 and 2022, this book equips you with an unsurpassed understanding of modern toxicology, including the key principles, concepts, and mechanisms that are the foundation of the discipline.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: The book is logically divided into seven sections: General Principles of Toxicology, Disposition of Toxicants, Non-Organ Directed Toxicity, Target Organ Toxicity, Toxic Agents, Environmental Toxicology, and Applications of Toxicology.
• Cutting-Edge Topics: The book includes dynamic new coverage of topics such as gene regulation, signaling pathways, transgenic mice, genomics, proteomics, epigenetics, exposome, microbiota, adverse outcome pathways, high-content screening, computational toxicology, and organ-on-a-chip in understanding mechanisms of toxicity.
• Systemic Responses: It offers the most up-to-date, revealing, and in-depth look at the systemic responses of toxic substance available anywhere.
• Expert Authorship: Many new contributors capture the progress made in toxicology over the past few years, with more than one-third of the chapters authored by scientists who have not made previous contributions to the book.
• All-in-One Resource: This text is an up-to-date, all-in-one overview of the biomedical and environmental aspects of toxicology, presented in full color.