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Concise Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Environmental Health, and Risk Assessment
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2029
- Editor: Philip Wexler
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 6 9 1 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 6 9 4 8 - 7
Concise Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Environmental Health and Risk Assessment is an essential resource that provides an overview of key toxicology concepts, such as biotransf… Read more
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Request a sales quoteConcise Encyclopedia of Toxicology, Environmental Health and Risk Assessment is an essential resource that provides an overview of key toxicology concepts, such as biotransformation, behavioral toxicology and epidemiology to those researchers who want to acquire additional knowledge outside of their specialty area. This reference is geared toward the individual user and provides expanded subject areas in related disciplines such as environmental health, occupational health and risk assessment. It includes entries dealing with classes of chemicals and has been edited to make it more manageable and portable. Organized by an A-Z approach, Concise Encyclopedia of Toxicology is an inclusive reference for finding basic toxicological information.
- Alphabetical approach allows readers quick access to a succinct overview of key toxicology concepts
- Portable and easy to transport to and from home, office, lab, classroom and library
- Expanded subject coverage in areas of ancillary disciplines such as environmental health and risk assessment makes Concise Encyclopedia an inclusive source for finding basic toxicological information
- Provides an appendix containing important toxicology organizations
- Provides an appendix highlighting the information structure of toxicology that will be highly selective and will present the best resources in a variety of formats (databases, websites, books and journals, etc)
Research and Clinical Toxicologists (especially those who want a more generalized look at areas outside of their specialty), Students and Instructors of Toxicology and Ancillary Fields (such as Risk Assessment, Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Health), The Regulatory Community, Remediation Engineers, Physicians, Health Professionals and Emergency Response Personnel
- No. of pages: 640
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 1, 2029
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123869180
- eBook ISBN: 9780123869487
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Philip Wexler
Philip Wexler has written and edited numerous publications related to toxicology and toxico-informatics, as well as taught and otherwise lectured globally on these topics. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Toxicology including the current, 4th edition (2023) since its inception as well as Information Resources in Toxicology (Elsevier. 5th ed. 2020), and Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. 2011). He has served as Associate Editor for Toxicology Information and Resources for Elsevier's journal, Toxicology and edited special issues on Digital Information and Tools. Phil is also overseeing a monographic series on Toxicology History. Volumes have been published on Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, modern clinical toxicology, risk assessment, alternative test methods, food and nutrition, and disasters, with more in the planning stages. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of the Taylor and Francis journal, Global Security: Health, Science, and Policy and a past recipient of the US Society of Toxicology’s (SOT) Public Communications Award.
Phil recently retired from a long federal career as a Technical Information Specialist at the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, within its Specialized Information Services Division (SIS). His initial position at NLM was as a Fellow of its Associate Program and early work included a brief stint in the Reference Services Section. A recipient of the NLM Regents Award for Scholarly or Technical Achievement and the Distinguished Technical Communication Award of the Washington chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, he was team leader for the development of the ToxLearn online multi-module tutorials, a joint activity with the SOT. Phil had also been project officer for the LactMed file on drugs and lactation, and the IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) and ITER (International Toxicity Estimates for Risk) risk assessment databases.
Additionally, Phil had been the guiding force behind, and federal liaison to, the World Library of Toxicology, Chemical Safety, and Environmental Health (WLT) prototype, a free global Web portal that provided the scientific community and public with links to major government agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, professional societies, and other groups addressing issues related to toxicology, public health, and environmental health prior to its migration to the INND/Toxipedia group. This multilingual tool, fed by information from a roster of international Country Correspondents, has been praised as a successful test resource for overcoming barriers to the sharing of information between countries, enhancing collaboration, and minimizing duplication. Currently on hiatus, it awaits a visionary funding source to become operational.
A trustee of the Toxicology Education Foundation (TEF), Phil had previously served as its federal liaison. He is a past Chair of SOT’s World Wide Web Advisory Team, and active in its Ethical, Legal, Forensics, and Social Issues Specialty Section. He was a member of the Education and Communications Work Group of the CDC/ATSDR’s National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposure. A co-developer of the Toxicology History Room, he is co-founder and was federal liaison to the Toxicology History Association. For many years he organized and emceed the popular Toxicology Quiz Bowl at the annual SOT meetings.
In addition to pursuing toxicology-related activities in his retirement, Phil is happy to have more time to embrace other lifelong interests. He is the author of five poetry collections, a mosaic artist, and a cactus and succulent enthusiast.
Affiliations and expertise
Retired, National Library of Medicine (NLM), Bethesda, MD, USA