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NALT Full

Preferred term

additive effect

Type

Topic

Definition

A biologic response to exposure to multiple substances that equals the sum of responses of all the individual substances added together.
Source: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

bioactive properties

Related concepts

Scope note

Use for the biologic response to exposure to multiple substances; for gene action which is the result of genes acting independently of genetic background USE additive gene effects.

Source

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

In other languages

efecto aditivo

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137125

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