direct toxicity

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Toxicity that results from, and is readily attributable to, substances acting at the sites of toxic action in and (or) on the exposed organisms that are exhibiting the adverse biological response in question.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 867 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'direct toxicity' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14591 RIS BibTex EndNote
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