Ingestion

As ingestion to describe the physiological and medical toxicology include a substance through the mouth or digestive tract ( in contrast for example to absorption through the skin or lungs, which is called " incorporation "). As dangerous applicable in this context, for example, the inclusion of harmful substances through food or drinking water.

In addition, the term ingestion is also used in the measurement of the environmental energy balance of an organism. The ingestion rate here is the amount of ingested food (eg g or kJ per unit time) by the animal in question or the population studied.

Other routes of exposure

The type of recording ( incorporation) can be carried out by ingestion inhalation ( by breathing ), dermal ( through skin contact), intravenously, intramuscularly, or intraperitoneally (that is, through the abdominal cavity ).