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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
Societal risk
Biology; Toxicology
Total probability of harm to a human population including the probability of adverse effects to health of descendants and the probability of disruption resulting from loss of services such as ...
Prevalence rate
Biology; Toxicology
Total number of individuals who have an attribute or disease at a particular time (or during a particular period) divided by the population at risk of having the attribute or disease at this point in ...
Stability half-life
Biology; Toxicology
Time required for the amount of a substance in a formulation to decrease, for any reason, by one-half (50%).
Pharynx
Biology; Toxicology
Throat, the part of the digestive tract between the oesophagus below and the mouth and nasal cavities above and in front.
Transcriptome
Biology; Toxicology
Total messenger RNA expressed in a cell or tissue at a given point in time.
After (14)
Biology; Toxicology
Predicted maximum daily intake of a residue, assuming that it is present at the maximum residue level and that average daily consumption of foods per person is represented by assessed regional diets: ...
Risk associated with a life time exposure
Biology; Toxicology
Probability of the occurrence of a specified undesirable event following exposure of an individual person from a given population to a specified substance at a defined level for the expected lifetime ...
