| Question 1: The genetic variability of certain liver ________ makes the toxicity of many compounds differ between one individual and the next. | |||
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| Question 2: The conventional relationship (more exposure equals higher risk) has been challenged in the study of ________. | |||
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| Question 3: Chemical toxicology is a scientific discipline involving the study of structure and mechanism related to the toxic effects of chemical agents, and encompasses ________ advances in research related to chemical aspects of toxicology. | |||
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| Question 4: Toxicology (from the Greek words τοξικός - toxicos "poisonous" and logos) is the study of the adverse effects of ________ on living organisms. | |||
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| Question 5: An example is "wood alcohol," or methanol, which is chemically converted to ________ and formic acid in the liver. | |||
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| Question 6: As for drugs, many small molecules are made toxic in the liver, a good example being ________ (paracetamol), especially in the presence of chronic alcohol use. | |||
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| Question 7: [1] It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of ________, especially the poisoning of people. | |||
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| Question 8: The term LD50 refers to the dose of a toxic substance that kills 50 percent of a test population (typically ________ or other surrogates when the test concerns human toxicity). | |||
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| Question 9: [5] Other areas include Aquatic toxicology, Chemical toxicology, Ecotoxicology, ________, Forensic toxicology, and Medical toxicology. | |||
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