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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental exposure
  3. exposure duration
  4. chronic exposure

Preferred term

chronic exposure

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Contact made between a chemical, physical or biological agent and an organism habitually for a long period of time (typically more than a year).

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • life time exposure
  • life-time exposure
  • lifetime exposure
  • longer term exposure
  • long term exposure
  • long-term exposure
  • longterm exposure

Source

  • Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136621

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