What Is a Chemical's Median Lethal Dose

question 79

Multiple Choice

What is a chemical's median lethal dose?

• A) This is the dose where an animal would be expected to show an acute response.
• B) This corresponds to the highest point on a dose-response curve.
• C) This is the level that a chemical becomes slightly toxic.
• D) This is the dose that can kill 50% of the animals in a test population within a given time period.
• E) This is the dose that will kill most of the medium sized animals in a test population.

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Definitions:

Direct Labour

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