Toxicology and Industrial health is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers in the fields of Health

Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

 and Toxicology

Toxicology

Toxicology is a branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms...

. The journal's editors are Alan M. Hoberman, PhD (Charles River

Charles River

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), Ronald W. Hart (Little Rock) and Myron Mehlman (Princeton

Princeton

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). It has been in publication since 1985 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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.

Scope

Toxicology and Industrial Health publishes reviews on subjects of importance to toxicologists and biochemical scientists, their reports and proceedings. The journal’s main focus is on basic and applied research in the fields of toxicology, genetic and cellular toxicology and risk assessment associated with hazardous wastes and groundwater.

Abstracting and indexing

Toxicology and Industrial Health is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS

Scopus

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 0.915, ranking it 110 out of 140 journals in the category ‘Public, Environmental & Occupational Health’. and 71 out of 83 journals in the category ‘Toxicology’.