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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
Guides to air quality
Biology; Toxicology
Sets of atmospheric concentrations and exposure times that are associated with specific effects of varying degrees of pollution on man, animals, vegetation, and the environment in general.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)
Biology; Toxicology
Serious illness which is a consequence of consumption of toxic bivalve shellfish (mollusks) such as mussels, oysters and clams that have ingested, by philtre feeding, large quantities of micro-algae ...
Neurologic shellfish poisoning (NSP)
Biology; Toxicology
Serious illness which is a consequence of consumption of toxic bivalve shellfish (mollusks) such as mussels, oysters and clams that have ingested, by philtre feeding, large quantities of micro-algae ...
Guides to environmental quality
Biology; Toxicology
Sets of concentrations, numbers and exposure times that are associated with the specific effects of factors in environmental media on man, animals, vegetation, and the environment in general.
Joint effect
Biology; Toxicology
Simultaneous or successive effect of factors of diverse types (chemical, physical, biological) on an organism.
Epithelium
Biology; Toxicology
Sheet of one or more layers of cells covering the internal and external surfaces of the body and hollow organs.
Osteoporosis
Biology; Toxicology
Significant decrease in bone mass with increased porosity and increased tendency to fracture.
