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IUPAC "Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology" Added to NLM® Web Site

IUPAC "Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology" Added to NLM Web Site. NLM Tech Bull. 2007 Jul-Aug;(357):b1.

August 09, 2007 [posted]

[Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]

The Second Edition of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) "Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology" has been added to the National Library of Medicine® (NLM) Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) Web site.

The Second Edition glossary contains definitions and explanatory notes for terms frequently used in the multidisciplinary field of toxicology. It also contains a list of abbreviations and acronyms used in toxicology, a list of abbreviations and acronyms used by international bodies and by legislation relevant to toxicology and chemical safety, and a listing of the classifications of carcinogenicity according to the weight of evidence available.