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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non-occupational exposure

Biology; Toxicology

Environmental exposure outside the workplace to substances that are otherwise associated with particular work environments and (or) activities and processes that occur there.

intervention study

Biology; Toxicology

Epidemiological investigation designed to test a hypothesized cause-effect relationship by intentional change of a supposed causal factor in a population.

healthy worker effect

Biology; Toxicology

Epidemiological phenomenon observed initially in studies of occupational diseases: workers usually exhibit lower overall disease and death rates than the general population, due to the fact that the ...

Henderson–Hasselbalch equation

Biology; Toxicology

Equation of the form: pH = pKa – lg((HA)/(A – )) for the calculation of the pH of solutions where the ratio (HA)/(A – ) is known and HA and A - are the hydronated and dehydronated forms of an ...

personal protective equipment (PPE)

Biology; Toxicology

Equipment (clothing, gloves, hard hat, respirator and so on) worn by an individual to prevent exposure to a potentially toxic substance

heavy metal

Biology; Toxicology

Erroneous terms used commonly in the toxicological literature but having no generally agreed meaning, sometimes even applied to nonmetals, and therefore a source of confusion and to be avoided. The ...