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NALT Full

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
environmental exposure
absorbed dose

Preferred term

absorbed dose

Type

Topic

Definition

The amount of a substance penetrating across an absorption barrier (the exchange boundaries) of an organism, via either physical or biological processes.
Source: US Environmental Protection Agency
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

environmental exposure

Related concepts

Synonyms

absorbed dosage
absorption dosage
absorption dose
internal dosage
internal dose

Source

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

In other languages

dosis absorbida

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136821

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