Oxford Desk Reference: Toxicology

Nick Bateman, Professor in Clinical Toxicology, Consultant Physician and Director, National Poisons Information Service (Edinburgh), UK, Robert Jefferson, Consultant in Environmental Medicine and Deputy Director, The Medical Toxicology Centre, Newcastle University, UK, Simon Thomas, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Wolfson Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, UK, John Paul Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, Director, and Honorary Consultant, Cardiff University, National Poisons Information Service (Cardiff), and Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board University Hospital, Cardiff, UK, Allister Vale, Director, National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit) and West Midlands Poisons Unit, Birmingham, UK

1. Scientific principles in clinical toxicology ; 2. General management of the poisoned patient ; 3. Common complications of poisoning ; 4. Drugs acting on the central nervous system ; 5. Analgesics ; 6. Cardiovascular acting agents ; 7. Other common pharmaceutical toxins ; 8. Drugs of abuse ; 9. Common chemical poisonings ; 10. Poisoning due to metals and their salts ; 11. Household products ; 12. Pesticides, herbicides, and rodenticides ; 13. Poisoning due to plants and animals ; 14. Chemical warfare agents ; 15. Principles of radiation toxicology ; 16. Occupational and industrial aspects of toxicology assessment