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Toxicology (In Greek: Toxicon—poison; Logos—study) is an interdisciplinary field of biomedical sciences that is concerned with the study of adverse effects of chemicals (pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, food additives, etc.), biological (toxins e.g. poisonous plants and venomous products of animal origin) or physical agents (e.g. radiation, noise, etc.) on living systems upon direct or indirect exposure (Gowda et al. 2014; Roberts et al. 2014). The adverse effects might range from immediate death to subtle changes that are unrealised until months or years later.
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Chidambaram, S.B., Essa, M., Qoronfleh, M.W. (2022). Introduction to Toxicology. In: Introduction to Toxicological Screening Methods and Good Laboratory Practice . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6092-4_1
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