toxicity
| Subheading | toxicity |
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| Record Type | Q |
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| Entry Version | TOX |
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| Abbreviation | TO |
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| Scope Note | Used with drugs and chemicals for experimental human and animal studies of their ill effects. It includes studies to determine the margin of safety or the reactions accompanying administration at various dose levels. It is used also for exposure to environmental agents. Poisoning should be considered for life-threatening exposure to environmental agents. |
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| Annotation | subhead only; for experimental human & animal studies; includes margin of safety & experimental exposure to environmental agents; see also /
adverse effects & /
poisoning; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.73; DF: /tox or /TO |
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| Online Note | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/TO or TO (SH) or SUBS APPLY TO |
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| History Note | 66; used with Category D 1966-67; D & J 1968 forward |
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| Entry Term | margin of safety |
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| Entry Term | toxic potential |
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| Date of Entry | 19731227 |
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| Revision Date | 20040713 |
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| Date Established | 19660101 |
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| Unique ID | Q000633 |
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