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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

circadian

Biology; Toxicology

Relating to or exhibiting an approximately 24-hour periodicity.

nychthemeral

Biology; Toxicology

Relating to or exhibiting an approximately 24-hour periodicity.

cumulative incidence rate

Biology; Toxicology

Proportion of the cumulative incidence to the total population.

alkylating agent

Biology; Toxicology

Substance which introduces an alkyl substituent into a compound.

bio-inactivation

Biology; Toxicology

Metabolic conversion of a xenobiotic to a less toxic derivative.

critical end-point

Biology; Toxicology

Toxic effect used by the USEPA as the basis for a reference dose.

bronchospasm

Biology; Toxicology

Intermittent violent contraction of the air passages of the lungs.

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