Portal-of-Entry Effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021661",
  "term": "Portal-of-Entry Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A local effect produced in the tissue or organ of first contact between a toxicant and the biological system.\n\n2. A local effect produced at the tissue or organ of first contact between the biological system and the toxicant.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "EPA Advances in Inhalation Dosimetry of Gases and Vapors with Portal of Entry Effects in the Upper Respiratory Tract EPA /600/R-09/072"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/portal-of-entry-effect/"
}