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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Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

Biology; Toxicology

Appraisal of the possible environmental consequences of a past, ongoing, or planned action, resulting in the production of an environmental impact statement or 'finding of no significant impact ...

Goitrogen

Biology; Toxicology

Any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter.

Olfactometer

Biology; Toxicology

Apparatus for testing the power of the sense of smell.

Expression (in genetics)

Biology; Toxicology

Conversion of the genetic information encoded in DNA into a final gene product (either a protein or any of the different types of RNA). Note: Because changes in RNA synthesis are often estimated by ...

Environmental health criteria documents

Biology; Toxicology

Critical publications of IPCS containing reviews of methodologies and existing knowledge - expressed, if possible, in quantitative terms - of selected substances (or groups of substances) on ...

Environmental monitoring

Biology; Toxicology

Continuous or repeated measurement of agents in the environment to evaluate environmental exposure and possible damage by comparison with appropriate reference values based on knowledge of the ...

Homology

Biology; Toxicology

Degree of identity existing between the nucleotide sequences of two related but not complementary DNA or RNA molecules. Note 1: 70% homology means that on the average 70 out of every 100 nucleotides ...