Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Toxicity Tests

An array of tests used to determine the toxicity of a substance to living systems. These include tests on clinical drugs, foods, and environmental pollutants.

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Abstract

An array of tests used to determine the toxicity of a substance to living systems. These include tests on clinical drugs, foods, and environmental pollutants.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Tests, Toxicity
  • Test, Toxicity
  • Toxicity Test

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; used for tests of drugs, food, environ pollutants, etc.; when the test itself is emphasized; coord IM with substance /tox (IM); toxic eff of a specific substance equals specific substance /tox

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Previous Indexing

  • Toxicology/methods (1975-1994)
  • specific substance/toxicity (1966-1994)

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  1. E05.940w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Toxicity Tests. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018675. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018675
  2. Toxicity Tests. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicology_testing
  3. Toxicity Tests. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7830411