Occupation or Discipline
ecotoxicology
Subclass of:
Toxicology;
Ecology
Definitions related to ecotoxicology:
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The study of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION and the toxic effects of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS on the ECOSYSTEM. The term was coined by Truhaut in 1969.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(environmental toxicology) A branch of toxicology concerned with the sources, transformations and effects on health of natural and synthetic chemicals that are present in the environment.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(environmental toxicology) Science concerned with the detection, chemical composition, and biological action of toxic substances or poisons in or from the environment and the treatment and prevention of toxic manifestations in the environment.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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