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What is BMD10?
Benchmark Dose (BMD10)—Usually defined as the lower confidence limit on the dose that produces a specified magnitude of changes in a specified adverse response. For example, a BMD10 would be the dose at the 95% lower confidence limit on a 10% response, and the benchmark response (BMR) would be 10%.
How do you calculate toxicity?
Toxicity can be measured by the effect the substance has on an organism, a tissue or a cell. We know that individuals will respond differently to the same dose of a substance because of a number of factors including their gender, age and body weight. Therefore a population-level measure of toxicity is often used.
What is unit risk?
(IUR) is an estimate of the increased cancer risk from inhalation exposure to a concentration of 1 µg/m3 for a lifetime. The IUR can be multiplied by an estimate of lifetime exposure (in µg/m3) to estimate the lifetime cancer risk.
What do you mean by NOAEL?
The no-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) is an important part of the non-clinical risk assessment. It is a professional opinion based on the design of the study, indication of the drug, expected pharmacology, and spectrum of off-target effects. There is no consistent standard definition of NOAEL.
How is NOAEL calculated?
NOAEL (No Observed Adverse Effect Level), determined by toxicity studies etc., is divided by UFs (product of Uncertainty Factors)*3 to convert it to human NOAEL. (e.g., mg/kg/day). ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) and RfD (Reference Dose) are also used as terms having the same meaning as TDI.
What is the difference between NOAEL and NOEL?
The NOEL is characteristically defined as the concentration or dose of a substance that causes no detectable alterations in an organism in the context of a given (safety) experiment; the NOAEL is similar, but also incorporates the notion of engagement of adversity.