Toxicology

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.

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haem

Biology; Toxicology

Complex consisting of an iron ion coordinated to a porphyrin acting as a tetradentate ligand, and to one or two axial ligands.

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.

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.

lethal concentration (LC)

Biology; Toxicology

Concentration of a substance in an environmental medium that causes death following a certain period of exposure.

partition coefficient

Biology; Toxicology

Concentration of a substance in one phase divided by the concentration of the substance in the other phase when the heterogeneous system of two phases is in equilibrium. Note 1: The ratio of ...