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Investigative Techniques > Toxicity Tests > Lethal Dose 50
Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Pharmacological Phenomena > Dose-Response Relationship, Drug > Lethal Dose 50
Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Toxicological Phenomena > Dose-Response Relationship, Drug > Lethal Dose 50
Cell Physiological Phenomena > Radiation Tolerance > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
Physiological Phenomena > Radiation Tolerance > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
Investigative Techniques > Radiometry > Radiation Dosage > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
Physical Phenomena > Radiation > Radiation Dosage > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Dosage > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Dosage > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Dosage > Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation > Lethal Dose 50

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Lethal Dose 50  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • LD50

Note

  • usually NIM; do not coordinate with /mortal in experimental studies

Scope note

  • The dose amount of poisonous or toxic substance or dose of ionizing radiation required to kill 50% of the tested population.

History note

  • 76(71); was see under TOXICOLOGY 1975

In other languages

  • LD50

    Finnish

  • letaalinen annos 50
  • tappava annos 50
  • Letal dos 50

    Swedish

  • Dödlig dos 50
  • LD50

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007928

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