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lethal concentration

Concentration of a potentially toxic substance in an environmental medium that causes death following a certain period of exposure (denoted by LC).
See also: lethal dose
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 2003 (Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)) on page 2063
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2009-09-07; version: 2.1.5.
DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.L03499.
Original PDF version: http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/L03499.pdf. The PDF version is out of date and is provided for reference purposes only. For some entries, the PDF version may be unavailable.
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