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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
Sensitivity of a screening test
Biology; Toxicology
Extent (usually expressed as a percentage) to which a method gives results that are free from false negatives. Note 1: The fewer the false negatives, the greater the sensitivity. Note 2: ...
Superfund
Biology; Toxicology
Federal authority, established by the US Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, to respond directly to releases or threatened releases (such as from ...
Toxicity test
Biology; Toxicology
Experimental study of the adverse effects of exposure of a living organism to a substance for a defined duration under defined conditions.
Potency in toxicology
Biology; Toxicology
Expression of relative toxicity of an agent as compared to a given or implied standard or reference.
Validity of a measurement
Biology; Toxicology
Expression of the degree to which a measurement measures what it purports to measure.
