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toxicology

Branch of medicine dealing with the study of poisons. This includes the chemical nature of poisons, their origin and preparation, their physiological action, tests to recognize them, pathological changes due to their presence, their antidotes, and their recognition by post-mortem evidence.



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As some background, I currently serve as program director of the Environmental Diseases and Medicine Program, chief of the Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, and chief of the Receptor Biology Section at the NIEHS.
Interim editors bring breadth of experience by Korach, Kenneth S. / Environmental Health Perspectives
[there] was sufficient concern to warrant a concerted research effort"--one that places especially high priority on identifying the risks of these compounds to the developing reproductive system, says organizer Robert Kavlock, director of developmental toxicology at the agency's Research Triangle Park facility.
Beyond estrogens: why unmasking hormone-mimicking pollutants proves ... by Raloff, Janet / Science News
Developmental toxicology evaluations--issues including neurotoxicology and immunotoxicology assessments in reproductive toxicology studies.
Perinatal immunotoxicity: why adult exposure assessment fails to ... by Piepenbrink, Michael S. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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