CC LAB FINALS Flashcards
any substance that causes harmful effects upon exposure
Poison
Substances not absorb produces local effects
Poison
study inter relationships between toxic exposure and disease states
Clinical
results from animal experiments to predict what level of exposure will cause harm in humans; risk assessment
Descriptive
primary concern in medico-legal in toxic exposure consequences
Forensic
cellular and biochemical effects of toxins
Mechanistic
A substance with a capacity to produce injury or illness
Toxic substance
Three types of Toxic Hazardous materials
- Chemical Agents and Drugs of Abuse
- Physical Agents
- Biological Agents
Effects of toxicants; Irreversible
- Carcinogens
- Mutagen
- Reproductive hazards
- Teratogen
Acute effects of toxicants
- Short term
- Appears shortly after exposure (<24 hrs)
- Can be form single exposure
Chronic effects of toxicants
- With latency
- It takes a long period of time before you see the effects (>3 months)
- Exposure can be due to repeated doses
Major factors that influence toxicity
Route of admission
Duration and frequency of exposure
Dose or concentration
via mouth/nose, then to the lungs, and to the bloodstream
Inhalation
mouth to stomach to bloodstream
Ingestion
cuts/punctures/wounds and then to the bloodstream
Injection