''Toxicology Letters'' is a

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for the rapid publication of short reports on all aspects of

toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating ex ...

, especially mechanisms of

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. Toxicology Letters is the official journal of Eurotox.Website of Toxicology Letters at Elsevier
accessed on March, 9th, 2013. ''(Eurotox exists as a Society within the meaning of Art. 60 et seq. of the

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. The registered address of Eurotox is in

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.)'' Editors-in-chief are Wolfgang Dekant ( Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg,

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), Scott Garrett, University of North Dakota, and Yunbo Li ( Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia).Website of Yunbo Li at Edward Via College
, accessed on March, 9th, 2013 James P. Kehrer is editor emeritus (Washington State University, USA, retired). According to the ''

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'', ''Toxicology Letters'' has a 2020

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of 4.372.

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* {{Official website, 1=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505519/description#description
Website of EUROTOX
Elsevier academic journals Semi-monthly journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1977 Toxicology journals