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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
Confounder
Biology; Toxicology
Changing factor that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest, is not an intermediate variable, and is associated with the factor under investigation.
After (9)
Biology; Toxicology
Small circle of DNA (e.g., a plasmid) or modified bacteriophage (bacterial virus) that can carry a segment of foreign DNA into an appropriate host organism (e.g. a bacterial, yeast or mammalian ...
Cloning vector
Biology; Toxicology
Small circle of DNA (e.g., a plasmid) or modified bacteriophage (bacterial virus) that can carry a segment of foreign DNA into an appropriate host organism (e.g. a bacterial, yeast or mammalian ...
Benchmark guidance value
Biology; Toxicology
Biological monitoring guidance value set at the 90th percentile of available biological monitoring results collected from a representative sample of workplaces with good occupational hygiene ...
Carcinogen
Biology; Toxicology
Agent (chemical, physical or biological) which is capable of increasing the incidence of malignant neoplasms, thus causing cancer. Note: Annex 3 describes the classification systems for carcinogens.
Cyanosis
Biology; Toxicology
Bluish coloration, especially of the skin and mucous membranes and fingernail beds, caused by abnormally large amounts of reduced haemoglobin in the blood vessels as a result of deficient ...
Corrosive
Biology; Toxicology
Causing a surface-destructive effect on contact; in toxicology, this normally means causing visible destruction of the skin, eyes, or the lining of the respiratory tract or the gastrointestinal ...
