- Industry: Library & information science
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Consequence which develops slowly and (or) has a long-lasting course: may be applied to an effect which develops rapidly and is long lasting.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Diameter of a spherical particle with relative density equal to unity which has the same settling velocity in air as the particle in question.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Complete breakdown of a complex organic compound to carbon dioxide, water, oxides and oxidative inorganic products such as nitrate or sulfate.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Branch of genetics which correlates the structure and number of chromosomes as seen in isolated cells with variation in genotype and phenotype.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Inflammatory condition of the skin resulting from dermal exposure to an allergen (sensitizer) or an irritating (corrosive, defatting) substance.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Value obtained by dividing the cumulative incidence rate in the exposed population by the cumulative incidence rate in the unexposed population.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Reduction of nitrates to nitrites, nitrogen oxides or dinitrogen (N2) catalysed by facultative aerobic soil bacteria under anaerobic conditions.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Compound which is formed between carbon monoxide and hemoglobin in the blood of animals and humans and which is incapable of transporting oxygen.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Compound which is formed between carbon monoxide and hemoglobin in the blood of animals and humans and which is incapable of transporting oxygen.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Simultaneous or successive effect made on an organism by poisons entering from different media, from air, from water, from food or through the skin.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
