Title: chronic toxicity test
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - chronic toxicity test
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15559
Status: current

Definition
Study in which organisms are observed during the greater part of the life span and in which exposure to the test agent takes place over the whole observation time or a substantial part thereof.

Related Term
- acute toxicity test: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15445

Source
- PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1190 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15559/xml

Citation: Citation: 'chronic 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.15559
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