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Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 65, No. 9, pp. 2003-2122, 1993.

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION

COMMISSION ON TOXICOLOGY

Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology
(IUPAC Recommmendations 1993)

 

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Q
quality assurance: All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality.
ISO 8402, 1986.
RT good laboratory practice, quality control.
quality control
1. Operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfil requirements for quality.
   ISO 8402, 1986.
2. In toxicology, procedures incorporated in experimental protocols to reduce the possibility of error, especially human
   error: this is a requirement of good laboratory practice.
   RT good laboratory practice, quality assurance.
quantal effect: Condition that can be expressed only as "occurring" or "not occurring," such as death or occurrence of a tumour.
AN graded effect.
RT stochastic effect.
SN all-or-none effect.

quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR): Quantitative association between the physicochemical properties of a substance and/or the properties of its molecular substructures and its biological properties including its toxicity.
RT surrogate.

 

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