Systems Toxicology

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027579",
  "term": "Systems Toxicology",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The study of perturbation of organisms by chemicals and stressors, monitoring changes in molecular expression and conventional toxicological parameters, and iteratively integrating biological response data to describe the functioning organism. [Glossary: Potential Implications of Genomics for Regulatory and Risk Assessment Applications at EPA: EPA Science Policy Council. Quotation from Waters, M., Boorman, G., Bushel, P., Cunningham, M., Irwin R., Merrick, A., Olden, K., Paules, R., Selkirk, J., Stasiewicz, S., Weis, B., Van Houten, B., Walker, N., Tennant, R. 2003. Systems toxicology and the Chemicals Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS) knowledge base. Environmental Health Perspectives Toxicogenomics 111(6):811-824.]",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Fields of Study"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/systems-toxicology/"
}