Regulatory toxicology is the branch of toxicology (the study of adverse effects of chemicals) that uses scientific knowledge to develop regulations and other strategies for reducing and controlling exposure to dangerous chemicals. The legal framework...

Toxicology is the science of poisons, which are sometimes referred to as toxins or toxicants. The former term applies to all natural poisons produced by organisms, such as the botulinum toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. The latter...

Toxicology is the study of poisons, or toxins, and how they affect living organisms. It also includes investigations of toxins in the environment, how they are distributed, and the risks they present to plants, animals, and people. Toxicology draws on...

Genetic toxicology is the study of chemicals and other environmental agents to evaluate their potential to interact with or cause damage to genetic cellular processes. Two aspects of genetic damage that are frequently studied are the potential to...

Study of poisons and their effects, particularly on living systems. It overlaps with biochemistry, histology, pharmacology, pathology, and other fields. Its functions have expanded from identifying poisons and searching for treatments to include...

The study of poisons, including the names, effects, detection, and methods of treatment. FIGURE T.7 Tract marks of the arm of a chronic intravenous heroin user. (Courtesy of forensic medical examiner Michael Sikirica,...

The science of poisons. The scientific discipline dealing with quantification of injurious effects on living systems which result from chemical and physical agents that cause alteration in a cell or organ function or...

The process by which one compound is made more toxic due to the presence of a second compound. The opposite of this response is antagonism, see...

Toxicology (from the Greek words toxicos and logos) is the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.[1] It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of...