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| Process of a substance getting into the body |
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| Contact with substance that occurs once or for a short time |
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| Response to exposure that equals the sum of the responses |
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| Change in body function that leads to disease |
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| Response to exposure that is less than expected |
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| Risk of getting cancer if exposed every day for 70 years |
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| Substance that causes cancer |
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| Amount of substance present in a certain amount of water etc |
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| Substance present in environment that does not belong there |
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| Measurement of exposure often expressed as mg/kg body wt |
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| United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Contact with a substance by swallowing, breathing or skin |
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| Water beneath the earth’s surface between the soil and rocks |
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| Time it takes for half of the original amount to disappear |
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| Source of potential harm from past, current or future exposure |
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| Experiment done in an artificial environment like in a lab |
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| Experiment done within a living organism |
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| Lowest dose of substance introduced by any route other than inhalation which has been reported to have caused death in humans or animals |
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| Dose of a substance which is expected to cause the death of 50 percent of an entire defined experimental animal population |
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| Lowest observed adverse effect level |
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| Lowest dose of a substance that has been reported to cause harmful effects in people or animals |
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| Conversion or breakdown of a substance by a living organism |
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| Any product of metabolism |
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| Dose of a substance below which it is unlikely to cause harm |
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| Substance which causes genetic damage [mutations] |
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| Damage to DNA, genes or chromosomes of living organisms |
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| Highest tested dose that has been reported to have no adverse effects on people or animals |
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| Place when one is exposed to a substance in the environment |
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| Group or number of people living in a specified area or sharing a similar characteristic such as age or occupation |
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| Action that reduces the risk of developing a disease |
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| Systematic collection of information on persons with a specific disease or exposed to a specific substance |
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| Probability that something will cause harm or injury |
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| Step taken to reduce the chance of people getting the disease |
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Ways people come into contact with a hazardous substance:
a. Inhalation
b. Ingestion
c. Absorption |
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| Biological response to multiple substances where one substance enhances the effect of another. The combined effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects |
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| Substance which causes fetal developmental defects |
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| Agent that cases harmful effects to living organisms |
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| Any substance which injures or kills living things |
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| One who studies the effects of toxins on living things |
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| Clinical, forensic, industrial, environmental, regulatory |
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| Volatile organic compound |
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| Organic compounds which evaporate readily into the air |
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| Benzene, toluene, Methylene chloride |
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