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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
Replicate samples in chemistry
Biology; Toxicology
Two (or multiple) samples taken under the same or comparable conditions.
Specific death rate
Biology; Toxicology
Death rate computed for a subpopulation of individual organisms or people having a specified characteristic or attribute, and named accordingly. Example: age-specific death rate, the number of deaths ...
Residue
Biology; Toxicology
Contaminant remaining in an organism or in other material such as food or packaging, following exposure.
Toxicity equivalent (TEQ)
Biology; Toxicology
Contribution of a specified component (or components) to the toxicity of a mixture of related substances. Note 1: The amount-of-substance (or substance) concentration of total toxicity equivalent is ...
Systemic effect
Biology; Toxicology
Consequence that is either of a generalised nature or that occurs at a site distant from the point of entry of a substance. Note: A systemic effect requires absorption and distribution of the ...
All-or-none effect
Biology; Toxicology
Condition that can be expressed only as 'occurring' or 'not occurring', such as death or occurrence of a tumor.
Topical effect
Biology; Toxicology
Consequence of application of a substance to the surface of the body which occurs at the point of application.
