Toxicology

Toxicology

A branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents on living organisms, as well as the symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

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drug substance

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance that when vacuuming the living organism can change one or more of the functions of this body. Note: the term refers both to the substances used for therapeutic purposes, and substance ...

Reference interval

Biology; Toxicology

Space between two reference limits, such as the percentages of 2.5 and including the 97 .5SQ.

the dimensions of the relationship in epidemiology (RR)

Biology; Toxicology

The value obtained by dividing the rate in the population exposed to the unexposed population.

threshold limit value-time-weighted average (TLV-TWA)

Biology; Toxicology

As defined by ACGIH, an eight-hour time-weighted average concentration for a conventional eight-hour working day and working week to 40 hours justified, which it is believed that nearly all workers ...

Theoretical maximum 1 day intake (TMDI).

Biology; Toxicology

Evaluating regional diet prediction residues, up to 1 day intake assuming the maximum residue levels, represented by per average daily consumption of food per person: it is expressed in milligrams ...