Concept information
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environmental, urban and regional sociology
environmental sociology
biology and chemistry
disease
Preferred term
poisoning
Definition
- Poisons are, biologically, substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by a chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, after a sufficient quantity of the substance is absorbed by an organism. As a result, poisoning is the act of an organism in absorbing the poison. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Poisoning]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- acid poisoning
- argyria
- arsenic poisoning
- bites and stings
- cadmium poisoning
- carbon tetrachloride poisoning
- drug-induced liver injury
- drug overdosing
- drug toxicity
- ergotism
- fluoride poisoning
- fluorosis
- foodborne diseases
- food poisoning
- gas poisoning
- lead poisoning
- manganese poisoning
- mercury poisoning
- metal poisoning
- mycotoxicosis
- neurotoxicity syndromes
- organophosphate poisoning
- pesticide poisoning
- plant poisoning
- substance-induced psychoses
- toxic shock
- water intoxication
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/poisoning
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