The basic science applied to understanding the health effects associated with chemical exposures is:
a. toxicology.
b. pharmacology.
c. chemistry.
d. environmental epidemiology.
ANS: A
Toxicology is the study of the health effects associated with chemical exposures. Pharmacology is the branch of medicine concerned with the multiple aspects of drugs. Chemistry is the branch of science with deals with the way that matter is composed. Environmental epidemiology is con-cerned with the discovery of environmental exposures that cause or protect against illness or dis-ease.
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