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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
critical group
Biology; Toxicology
Part of a target population most in need of protection because it is most susceptible to a given toxicant.
biomarker of susceptibility
Biology; Toxicology
Biomarker of an inherent or acquired ability of an organism to respond to exposure to a specific substance.
susceptibility biomarker
Biology; Toxicology
Biomarker of an inherent or acquired ability of an organism to respond to exposure to a specific substance.
2,3-bis(sulfanyl) propan-1-ol
Biology; Toxicology
Metal chelator which has been used in the treatment of arsenic, antimony, gold, mercury and lead poisoning.
cacosmia
Biology; Toxicology
Imagined perception of vile odors, including coprosmia (smelling feces) and necrosmia (the smell of death).
antonym bronchoconstriction
Biology; Toxicology
Expansion of the air passages through the bronchi of the lungs.
