Toxinology is a subfield 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 ...
dedicated to
toxic
Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism, such as an animal, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect on a subst ...
substances produced by or occurring in living organisms.
[{{Cite journal , last1=White , first1=Julian , last2=Warrell , first2=David , last3=Eddleston , first3=Michael , last4=Currie , first4=Bart J. , last5=Whyte , first5=Ian M. , last6=Isbister , first6=Geoffrey K. , date=2003 , title=Clinical toxinology--where are we now? , url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12807310/ , journal=Journal of Toxicology. Clinical Toxicology , volume=41 , issue=3 , pages=263–276 , doi=10.1081/clt-120021112 , issn=0731-3810 , pmid=12807310]
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Toxicology