Toxicological Information Resources

Chapter 3 Toxicological Information Resources



Jude McNally, RPh, Keith Boesen, PharmD, Theodore G. Tong, PharmD


Combining the exponential rate at which the body of toxicology information grows with today’s improved tools to disseminate this information, one can easily feel overwhelmed. The challenge is to recognize the most appropriate resources that will lead the practitioner to the most relevant and current information.


Toxicological information is available as primary, secondary, and tertiary literature on a variety of media from textbooks to computer databases. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce veterinary practitioners to some of the resources found to be beneficial when approaching a toxicological problem.



PRIMARY LITERATURE


More than 20,000 biomedical journals are published annually. These are the primary literature sources that bring us detailed accounts of research in specialized areas. The level of detail, such as methodology, results, and discussion, exceeds that found in secondary and tertiary resources. This affords readers greater opportunity to determine for themselves the value of the conclusions offered in the study.


There are considerably more toxicological references written for human medical practitioners than for veterinarians. Any thorough search of a toxicological topic would need to query the primary literature in both toxicology and veterinary medicine. Primary literature may be particularly important to the veterinarian practitioner because historically much of the toxicology information is initially elucidated in animal models with the intent to extrapolate this information to the human model.


Primary literature has the advantage of offering the most up-to-date information. However, the conclusions derived are often subject to revision as this research is merged with other work and further scrutinized by the scientific community. A partial list of toxicological journals is found in Box 3-1. An abbreviated list of veterinary medical journals offering articles pertaining to toxicology is found in Box 3-2.



Box 3-1 Partial List of Toxicology Journals


Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicological Reviews


Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology


Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology


Archives of Toxicology


Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology


Cell Biology and Toxicology


Chemical Research in Toxicology


Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology


Critical Reviews in Toxicology


Drug and Chemical Toxicology


Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety


Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology


Food and Chemical Toxicology


Human and Experimental Toxicology


Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology


Journal of Analytical Toxicology


Journal of Applied Toxicology


Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology


Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology


Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes


Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods


Journal of Toxicological Sciences


Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health


Journal of Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology


Natural Toxins


Neurotoxicology


Neurotoxicology and Teratology


Pharmacology and Toxicology


Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology


Reproductive Toxicology


Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology


Toxicologic Pathology


Toxicological Sciences


Toxicology


Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology


Toxicology and Industrial Health


Toxicology Letters


Toxicon


Veterinary and Human Toxicology–discontinued in 2005



Box 3-2 Partial List of Veterinary Journals with Toxicology Articles


Advances in Veterinary Medicine


American Journal of Veterinary Research


Animal Genetics


Animal Reproduction Science


Australian Veterinary Journal


Avian Diseases


British Poultry Science


Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research


Canadian Veterinary Journal


Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice


Domestic Animal Endocrinology


Experimental Animals


Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research


Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association


Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association


Journal of Animal Sciences


Journal of Small Animal Practice


Journal of the South African Veterinary Association


Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation


Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care


Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine


Journal of Veterinary Medical Science


Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics


Journal of Wildlife Diseases


Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine


Laboratory Animal Science


Laboratory Animals


Preventive Veterinary Medicine


Research in Veterinary Science


Tropical Animal Health and Production


Veterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice


Veterinary and Human Toxicology–discontinued in 2005


Veterinary Journal


Veterinary Quarterly


Veterinary Record


Veterinary Research

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