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Lethal Concentration₅₀

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015617

A calculated concentration of a chemical to which exposure for a specific length of time is expected to cause death in 50% of a defined experimental animal population. See Casarett & Doull's Toxicology, The Basic Science of Poisons (Klaassen, 1996).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015617
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
AbbreviationLC₅₀
ReferencesHealth Effects Notebook Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015617",
  "term": "Lethal Concentration₅₀",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A calculated concentration of a chemical to which exposure for a specific length of time is expected to cause death in 50% of a defined experimental animal population. See Casarett & Doull's Toxicology, The Basic Science of Poisons (Klaassen, 1996).",
  "abbreviation": "LC₅₀",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Health Effects Notebook Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lethal-concentration50/"
}

Record 15,617 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.