Vocabulary Term Details

Toxicology

Definition (http://www.toxicology.org/ai/pub/si05/SI05_Define.asp)

Toxicology is the study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem, including the prevention and amelioration of such adverse effects. (Society of Toxicology)

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Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Sciences	Ecotoxicology	Pharmacology Toxicity

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Approved Date
25-Oct-2012

Items having a keyword or observed-property relationship to this subject term

Chironomids as indicators of biological quality : present use and future potential : a report of a workshop held at the Environment Agency, Thames Region
Ecotoxicological Methods: Improving Assessments of Complex Effluents - Assessment of Sub-Lethal Fish Toxicity Test Methods
Review of commercial environmental information sources
Sampling freshwater shrimps (Macrobrachium) in West Africa
Summary report on blue-green algae toxin analysis, Toxicity Assessment and reporting to the Environment Agency, 1998

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Vocabulary Term Details

Toxicology

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