Nephrotoxic Mechanisms of Drugs and Environmental Toxins

The majority of the offending toxicants to be reviewed in this volume were devel­ oped to help mankind, and it is only with prolonged or widespread application that their adverse effects have been recognized. Conversely, in the case of pre scrip­ tion drugs, there has been an attempt to identify the adverse effects in advance and incorporate these risks into the decision of approval for human cons...