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Toxicology
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The study of poisons
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Toxic
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Producing an undesirable or adverse health effect
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Toxicity
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Any toxic effect that a chemical or physical agent may produce within a living organism
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Mechanistic toxicology
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How toxicants work
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Descriptive toxicology
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Toxicity testing (acute and chronic)
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Regulatory toxicology
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Identifies risk based on other data (legal aspect)
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Forensic toxicology
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Determines cause of death
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Clinical toxicology
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Diseases associated with toxicants and poison management
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Environmental toxicology
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Toxicants in the environment and ecotoxicologists
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