Title: acute toxicity test
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - acute toxicity test
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15445
Status: current

Definition
Study in which organisms are observed during only a short part of the life span and in which there is often only a single exposure to the test agent at the beginning of the study.

Related Term
- chronic toxicity test: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15559

Source
- PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1160 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153)

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Citation: Citation: 'acute toxicity test' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15445
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