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Toxic interaction of a chemical with a given biological system is dose-related. Hence, toxicology can be termed the science of doses. The toxicity of an insecticide to an organism is usually expressed in terms of the LD50 (lethal dose), that is, the amount of poison per unit weight of the organism required to kill 50% of the test population. The LD50 is usually expressed in milligrams per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg). Under certain conditions, the term micrograms per insect (µg/insect) may be used when the chemical is applied topically to the insect.
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Perry, A.S., Yamamoto, I., Ishaaya, I., Perry, R. (1998). Toxicology of Insecticides. In: Insecticides in Agriculture and Environment. Applied Agriculture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03656-3_4
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