Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants

Author:   Lewis S. Nelson ,  Michael J. Balick ,  The New York Botanical Garden
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   3rd ed. 2020
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9781493989249


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   19 May 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lewis S. Nelson ,  Michael J. Balick ,  The New York Botanical Garden
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   3rd ed. 2020
Weight:   0.847kg
ISBN:  

9781493989249


ISBN 10:   1493989243
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   19 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Disclaimer.- Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Authors' Note.- Section 1. Botanical Nomenclature and Glossary of Botanical Terms.- Botanical Nomenclature.- Glossary of Botanical Terms.- Section 2. Poisons, Poisoning Syndromes, and Their Clinical Management.- Section 3. Plant-Induced Dermatitis.- Section 4. Gastrointestinal Decontamination.- Section 5. Individual Plants.- Photographers' Credits.- Index.- 

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This book is written as a reference for clinical management. It could be used by students as well as practitioners who see high volumes of patients with these types of toxic ingestions. ... It would also have value for toxicology fellows and students. (Sheffey N. Massey, Doody's Book Reviews, January 8, 2021)


"""This book is written as a reference for clinical management. It could be used by students as well as practitioners who see high volumes of patients with these types of toxic ingestions. ... It would also have value for toxicology fellows and students."" (Sheffey N. Massey, Doody's Book Reviews, January 8, 2021)"


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Lewis S. Nelson, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Division of Medical Toxicology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Past-President of the American College of Medical Toxicology. In addition to his clinical work in the Emergency Department at University Hospital in Newark, he is a senior consultant to the New Jersey Poison Information & Education System on human poisoning. He is the senior editor of Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies, currently in its 11th edition. The focus of his research in on the adverse consequences of opioids used either for pain relief or for abuse, with an emphasis on system development for prevention and treatment. Michael J. Balick, Ph.D. is Vice President for Botanical Science, Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Philecology Curator at The New YorkBotanical Garden. For more than four decades, he has studied the relationship between plants, people and culture, the field known as ethnobotany, and floristics, the study of botanical diversity within a specific region. His research has included studies in the Amazon Valley, Central and South America, The Middle East, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands in Micronesia and Melanesia. He currently holds adjunct teaching or research appointments at City University of New York, Columbia University, Fordham University, Harvard University, the Institute of Ethnomedicine and the National Tropical Botanical Garden. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Botanical Council and Past-President of the Society for Economic Botany.  

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