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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
Advection in environmental chemistry
Biology; Toxicology
Process of transport of a substance in air or water solely by mass motion.
Attributable risk
Biology; Toxicology
Part of a risk that is identified as due to exposure to a defined substance.
Active ingredient
Biology; Toxicology
Component of a mixture responsible for the biological effects of the mixture.
Chemosterilizer
Biology; Toxicology
Substance used to sterilise mites, insects, rodents or other animals.
Bagassosis
Biology; Toxicology
Lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust from sugar-cane residues.
Defoliant
Biology; Toxicology
Substance used for removal of leaves by its toxic action on living plants.
Biomolecule
Biology; Toxicology
Substance that is synthesised by and occurs naturally in living organisms.
