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toxic accumulation

pathology

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poisons and poisoning

  • poisonous mushrooms
    In poison: Frequency of exposure

    Toxic accumulation is one of the reasons repetitive exposures of a chemical produce toxicity while a single exposure may not. In a hypothetical case, as depicted in Figure 2, a concentration of more than 100 milligrams per gram in a target tissue is required for…

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