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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hazard evaluation

Biology; Toxicology

Establishment of a qualitative or quantitative relationship between hazard and benefit, involving the complex process of determining the significance of the identified hazard and balancing this ...

environmental health impact assessment

Biology; Toxicology

Estimate of the adverse effects to health or risks likely to follow from a proposed or expected environmental change or development.

environmental risk assessment

Biology; Toxicology

Estimate of the probability that harm will result from a defined exposure to a substance in an environmental medium. The estimate is valid only for a given species and set of conditions.

interpolation

Biology; Toxicology

Estimation of a value between two known data points.

Draize test

Biology; Toxicology

Evaluation of materials for their potential to cause dermal or ocular irritation and corrosion following local exposure; generally using the rabbit model (almost exclusively the New Zealand White) ...

interpretation of data or findings

Biology; Toxicology

Evaluation of the observations from an investigation or study in order to determine their significance for human health, for the environment or for both.