Dose Response

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008444",
  "term": "Dose Response",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. How an organism's response to a toxic substance changes as its overall exposure to the substance changes. For example, a small dose of carbon monoxide may cause drowsiness; a large dose can be fatal.\n\n2. Shifts in toxicological responses of an individual (such as alterations in severity) or populations (such as alterations in incidence) that are related to changes in the dose of any given substance.",
    "1. A quantitative relationship between the dose of a chemical and an effect caused by the chemical.\n\n2. Shifts in toxicological responses of an individual (such as alterations in severity) or populations (such as alterations in incidence) that are related to changes in the dose of any given substance.\n\n3. How an organism’s response to a toxic substance changes as its overall exposure to the substance changes. For example, a small dose of carbon monoxide may cause drowsiness; a large dose can be fatal.\n\n4. The relationship between the amount of exposure [dose] to a substance and the resulting changes in body function or health (response)."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "General environmental",
    "Policy and guidance"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Exposure-Response"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "EPA 2005b",
    "EPA 2005e",
    "ATSDR 2004"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dose-response/"
}