25^th European Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Clinical & Medical Toxicology

Medical toxicology is the science dealing with the diagnosis, management and prevention of poisons and other adverse health effects due to medications, environmental hazards, Occupational exposure to the harmful substances. Clinical toxicology is the branch which includes the science of the removal of poisonous toxins from the body. Clinical toxicologists mainly work in the hospitals and are in close contact with the pharmacology department. Hence clinical toxicologists and pharmacologists are closely related.