TY - BOOK AU - Windholz,Martha ED - Merck & Co. TI - The Merck index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals SN - 911910271 [hardbound] PY - 1983/// CY - Rahway, N.J., U.S.A. PB - Merck & Co. Inc. KW - Drugs KW - Dictionaries KW - Chemicals KW - Biomolecules N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: Periodic chart -- Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Explanatory notes -- Abbreviations-- Monographs -- Organic name reactions -- Miscellaneous tables -- Alphabetical list of tables -- Selected biochemical and immunological abbreviations -- Code letters used by companies for experimental substances -- Company register -- Abbreviated term used by the U.S. Adopted Names Council (USAN) for pharmalogically inactive radicals -- International non-proprietary names for radicals and groups proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- Table of radioactive isotopes -- Radioactive isotopes used in medical therapy and diagnosis -- Isotonic solutions -- Greek and Russian alphabets -- Roman numerals -- Numerical prefixes commonly used in forming chemical names -- Alchemical symbols used in biology and botany -- Prescription notation -- Latin terms -- Maximum allowable concentration of air contaminants -- International system of units (SI) -- Universal conversion factors -- Molar volumes of frequently used laboratory chemicals -- Weight of liquids -- Specific gravity comparisons -- Percentage solution tables -- Concentration of acids and bases -- Saturated solutions -- Cooling mixtures -- Constant-humidity solutions -- Indicators -- Standard buffers for calibration of pH meters -- pH values of standard solutions -- Thermometric equivalents ER -