Volume 1. Principles and Methods of Immunotoxicology
By
Jacques Descotes, Lyon Poison Center, Pharmacovigilance Unit, Lyon, France
Description
This third thoroughly revised edition, written by a renowned expert in this rapidly expanding field, is a welcome and timely publication
in the field of experimental and clinical immunotoxicology.
Immunotoxicology is a young, but rapidly expanding area of toxicology.
Since the second edition of this book was published in 1988, an increasing amount of data has resulted in the publication of many articles
and reviews.
This book covers the many general facets of current immunotoxicology - clinical, experimental, mechanistic and regulatory
aspects, including a chapter on the immune system giving toxicologists unfamiliar with immunology the opportunity to acquire the minimal
knowledge necessary to conduct and interpret immunotoxicity studies.
A comprehensive chapter on adverse effects in relation to immunotoxicity
is included in order to predict and understand the toxic effects of drugs and other chemicals in living beings.
An effort is made to
answer one of the perhaps most confusing issues confronting the student of immunotoxicology namely the identification of what constitutes
an immunotoxic response and what does not.
Researchers from different disciplines have shown interest in this new field, and presented
results of their work on immunotoxicological issues from extremely varied perspectives. As a bridging discipline between immunology and
toxicology, immunotoxicology is genuinely multidisciplinary, reflected in this excellent book.
