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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental exposure
  3. exposure pathways
  4. oral exposure

Preferred term

oral exposure

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Contact between a potentially harmful physical, chemical or biological agent (e.g., pesticide, microbe, heavy metal, drug etc.) and an organism by ingestion.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • ingestion exposure

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/213386

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