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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.
Contributors in Toxicology
Toxicology
Human equivalent dose
Biology; Toxicology
Human dose of an agent that is believed to induce the same magnitude of a toxic effect that the known animal dose has induced.
Haemoglobin
Biology; Toxicology
Heme-containing protein in red blood cells with an important function in transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.
Food allergy
Biology; Toxicology
Hypersensitivity reaction to substances in the diet to which an individual has previously been sensitized.
Hapten
Biology; Toxicology
Low-molecular-mass species which is not itself antigenic unless complexed with a carrier, such as a protein. Once bound, it presents an epitope that can cause the sensitization of lymphocytes.
Discharge standard
Biology; Toxicology
Maximum amount of a pollutant released from a given source to a specified medium which is acceptable under specified circumstances.
Gene map
Biology; Toxicology
Map showing the positions in the genome of genes or other genetic markers, either relative to each other or as a physical map of absolute distances.
Intrinsic activity
Biology; Toxicology
Maximal stimulatory effect induced by a compound in relation to that of a given reference compound.
