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Title History of modern clinical toxicology / edited by Alan D. Woolf
Published London, UK : Academic Press, [2022]

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Series History of toxicology and environmental health
History of toxicology and environmental health
Contents <P><b>Section 1. Disasters: Examples of toxic calamities in modern times</b> 1.1 Triortho cresyl phosphate "Ginger Jake#x94; disaster-United States, 1930s 1.2 Three methylmercury poisoning disasters 1.3 Community dioxin disaster-Seveso, Italy, 1976 1.4 Arsenic in tube well water-Bangladesh, 1970s-1990s 1.5 Toxic oil syndrome-Spain, 1981 1.6 Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome-United States, 1989 1.7 Methyl isocyanate-Bhopal, India, 1984 1.8 Zamfara gold mining lead poisoning disaster-Nigeria, Africa, 2010 1.9 Itai-Itai disease-Japan, 1955 1.10 Japan "Yusho#x94; poisoning, 1968 and Taiwan "Yucheng#x94; poisoning, 1979</p> <p><b>Section 2. Notable pharmaceutical poisoning incidents and poisoned people</b> 2.1 Sulfanilamide (diethylene glycol) disaster-United States, 1937 2.2 Gasping syndrome, 1982 2.3 Tylenol cyanide poisoning in United States, 1982 2.4 Thalidomide tragedy, 1950s 2.5 Dimethylmercury death-Professor Wetterhahn, 1996 2.6 Yushchenko (dioxin), 2004 and Markov (ricin), 1978: Two political poisonings</p> <p><b>Section 3. Discovery of selected modern antidotes</b> 3.1 N-Acetylcysteine 3.2 Fomepizole 3.3 Methylene blue 3.4 British anti-lewisite (dimercaprol) 3.5 Pralidoxime and oximes 3.6 Naloxone 3.7 Physostigmine 3.8 Cyanide antidotes</p> <p><b>Section 4. Clinical toxicology and poison control in the United States </b>4.1 U.S. Poison Control Centers get organized: 1950s-1960s 4.2 Era of regionalization and standardization: 1970s-1980s 4.3 The information technology revolution: 1990s 4.4 New millennium, new directions: 2000-2020 4.5 Professionalism in US Clinical Toxicology-Training, practice, consultation, and societies</p> <p><b>Section 5. Clinical toxicology and poison information in Europe, Scandinavia, and Israel</b> 5.1 United Kingdom and Ireland 5.2 Czech Republic and other Central European and Eastern European countries 5.3 Russia 5.4 Germany 5.5 The Netherlands 5.6 Belgium 5.7 France 5.8 Spain and Portugal 5.9 Italy 5.10 Switzerland 5.11 Scandinavia 5.12 Israel 5.13 Contribution of the World Health Organization to toxicology and poisons centers 5.14 The European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT)</p> <p><b>Section 6. Clinical toxicology and poison control in Asia and Australia </b>6.1 Australia 6.2 The Chinese mainland 6.3 Taiwan 6.4 The Philippines 6.5 Vietnam 6.6 Thailand 6.7 South Korea</p>
Notes Includes index
Subject Toxicology -- History
Toxicology -- history
Toxicology
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Woolf, Alan D
ISBN 9780128222195
0128222190