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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Excessive reaction following exposure to a given amount or concentration of a substance as compared with the large majority of other exposed subjects.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Excretion of a diminished amount of urine in relation to fluid intake.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Existence of inter-individual differences in DNA sequences coding for one specific gene, giving rise to different functional and (or) morphological traits.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Exogenous chemical that alters function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse health effects in an intact organism, its progeny or (sub)populations.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Exogenous chemical that alters function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse health effects in an intact organism, its progeny or (sub)populations.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Experience of substances, intensities of radiation etc. or other conditions while at work.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Expressed as K<sub>D</sub>, it's the ratio of the concentration of a substance in a single definite form, A, in the extract to its concentration in the same form in the other phase at equilibrium, e.g. for an aqueous/organic system:
K<sub>D</sub>(A) = (A)<sup>orgc</sup>/(A)</sup>caq</sup>
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Family of closely related glycoproteins capable of acting as antibodies and present in plasma and tissue fluids; immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the source of antibody in Type I hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Flow rate of an entity through a cross-section perpendicular to the flow divided by the cross-sectional area.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Fluid, solid or gas discharged from a given source into the external environment.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
