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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Hemodialysis

Biology; Toxicology

Use of an artificial kidney to remove toxic compounds from the blood by passing it through a tube of semipermeable membrane. Note: The tube is bathed in a dialysing solution to restore the normal ...

Olf

Biology; Toxicology

Unit used to measure scent emission of people and objects; one olf is defined as the scent emission of an "average person", a sitting adult that takes an average of 0.7 baths per day and whose skin ...

Exponential decay

Biology; Toxicology

Variation of a quantity according to the law A = Ae – λt where A and A 0 are the values of the quantity being considered at time t and zero respectively, and λ is an appropriate constant.

Personal monitoring

Biology; Toxicology

Type of environmental monitoring in which an individual's exposure to a substance is measured and evaluated. Note: This is normally carried out using a personal sampler.