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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
Gavage
Biology; Toxicology
Administration of materials directly into the stomach by esophageal intubation.
Excess lifetime risk
Biology; Toxicology
Additional or excess risk incurred over the lifetime of an individual by exposure to a toxic substance.
Lethal concentration (LC)
Biology; Toxicology
Concentration of a substance in an environmental medium that causes death following a certain period of exposure.
Ecotoxicologically relevant concentration (ERC)
Biology; Toxicology
Concentration of a pesticide (active ingredient, formulations, and relevant metabolites) that is likely to affect a determinable ecological characteristic of an exposed system.
Environmentally relevant concentration (erc)
Biology; Toxicology
Concentration of a pesticide (active ingredient, formulations, and relevant metabolites) that is likely to affect a determinable ecological characteristic of an exposed system.
Harmful occupational factor
Biology; Toxicology
Component of the work environment the effect of which on a worker under certain conditions leads to ill health or reduction of working ability.
Operon
Biology; Toxicology
Complete unit of gene expression and regulation, including structural genes, regulator gene(s) and control elements in DNA recognised by regulator gene product(s).
