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exposure dose

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exposure dose [ik′spō·zhər ‚dōs]
(medicine)
A measure of the radiation in a certain place based upon its ability to produce ionization in air.


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Studies that use high-dose exposures to predict low-dose effects assume predictable maonotonic dose-response trends that will produce quantitative, but not qualitative, differences in biological responses with decreasing exposure doses.
Vom Saal said that for levels to be higher in people when measured, their exposure dose must be greater than that given to the monkeys.
A HQ is calculated based on a model relating exposure dose (ED) to accepted media toxicity reference values (TRVs) for selected species representing end-point receptor niches, typically earthworms, shrews, and robins.
 
 
 
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