"…a readable textbook with extensive breath and adequate depth. Readers can use this text to obtain a broad foundation or to use as a quick reference…” (Veterinary Pathology, September 2004)

"...concise and clear...written in an accessible narrative style...offers valuable information to the target audience..." (The British Toxicological Society, No. 24, Summer 2004)

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