Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology

Written as an advanced text for toxicology students, this book is much more than an introduction and provides in-depth information describing the underlying mechanisms through which toxicants produce their adverse responses.
•    Links traditional toxicology to modern molecular techniques, important for teaching to graduate courses and professional studies
•    Uses a didactic approach with basic biological or theoretical background for the methodology presented
•    Brings together and comprehensively covers a range of dynamic aspects in biochemical and molecular toxicology
•    Guides student and professional toxicologists in comprehending a broad range of issues, compiled and authored by a diverse group of experts
•    'A good introductory textbook covering the biochemical toxicology of organic substances and the relevant methodology in some detail.... It offers good value for money and can be recommended as a textbook for appropriate courses' - BTS Newsletter review of the 4th edition

ROBERT C. SMART, PhD, is a William Neal Reynolds Professor of Toxicology, the Director of the Center for Human Health and the Environment, and the former Director of the Toxicology Graduate Program at North Carolina State University. Together with Dr. Hodgson, he coedited the two previous editions of this book.

ERNEST HODGSON, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology and Executive Director of the Foundation for Agromedicine and Toxicology at North Carolina State University. Alongside the previous editions of this book, he edited four editions of A Textbook of Modern Toxicology (Wiley) and is the Editor of the Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology.