Immunotoxicology of drugs and chemicals : an experimental and clinical approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Descotes, J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2004.
Edition:Third [revised] edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Principles and methods of immunotoxicology
  • Definition, history and scope of immunotoxicology
  • The immune system : a toxicologist's overview
  • Health consequences of immunotoxic effects
  • Mechanisms of immunotoxic effects
  • Nonclinical evaluation of unexpected immunosuppression
  • Nonclinical evaluation of unexpected immunostimulation
  • Nonclinical evaluation of the potential for hypersensitivity
  • Nonclinical evaluation of the potential for autoimmunity
  • Regulatory aspects of immunotoxicity evaluation
  • Nonclinical strategies of immunotoxicity evaluation and risk assessment
  • Clinical immunotoxicology
  • Immunotherapy of human poisonings
  • Chemical immunoteratology and developmental immunotoxicology
  • Immunotoxicity and wildlife
  • New methods in immunotoxicology
  • Classification of immunotoxicants