Hearings on the Establishment of a National Cemetery at Calverton, New York: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Cemeteries and Burial Benefits of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, July 15 and 16, 1977 |
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Page 72 - As in almost all experimental toxicology, the doses given are expressed in terms of the quantity administered per unit body weight, or quantity per skin surface area, or quantity per unit volume of the respired air. In addition, the duration of time over which the dose was administered is also listed, as needed. Dose amounts are generally expressed as milligrams (one thousandth of a gram) per kilogram (mg/kg).
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Page 72 - LDSO) of a material introduced by any route, other than inhalation, over any given period of time in one or more divided portions and reported to have caused death in humans or animals.
Page 72 - Fifty - a calculated dose of a material which is expected to cause the death of 50% of an entire defined experimental animal population. It is determined from the exposure to the material by any route other than inhalation of a significant number from that population.
Page 72 - Fifty - the concentration of a substance, in air, exposure to which for 24 hours or less would cause the death of 50% of an entire population of an experimental animal species, as determined from exposure to the substance of a significant number from that population.
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Page 74 - Concentrations of a gaseous material in air are generally listed as parts of vapor or gas per million parts of air by volume (ppm). However, parts per hundred (pph or per cent), parts per billion (ppb), or parts per trillion (ppt) may be used for convenience of presentation. If the...
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