High-dose exposure to synthetic chemicals, hormones, or homeostatic substances in experimental animals or humans can induce artefactual pathology
The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) provides the highest probability of a positive result in a toxicology bioassay. The assumption underlying the MTD in animal bioassays is that adverse effects at very high doses are qualitatively the same as those occurring at low doses. In contrast with the MTD, the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-07-01
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Series: | Toxicology Research and Application |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2397847320940557 |