Toxicology

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Toxicology (from the Greek words toxicos and logos) is the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.^[1] It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

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• 1 History
• 2 Relationship between dose and toxicity
• 3 Toxicity of metabolites
• 4 Subdisciplines of toxicology
• 5 Chemical toxicology
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 Further reading
• 9 External links