The nurse is researching a drug recently released on the market to determine what the median lethal dose (LD50) was in preclinical trials.The nurse recognizes that this number reflects which fact?
A) The dose at which 50% of the research animals died
B) A measurement of the potency of the drug
C) The value of relative safety of the drug
D) The dose that produced signs of toxicity in 50% of lab animals
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