Eckhardt, Alexander2024-06-162024-06-162014https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-1456https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/8349The sensitivity of human beings against toxic insults or pharmaceuticals variesconsiderably. This fact has various reasons, e.g., health status, age, body weight,as well as genetic background. An increased sensitivity against a noxious substancecan have severe or even lethal consequences. Therefore, it is compulsoryfor toxicologists to take these differences into account when establishing limitsfor toxic compounds. ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Teil eines Buches