Characterization of human health effects

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004682",
  "term": "Characterization of human health effects",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A component of the analysis phase of microbial risk assessment that evaluates the ability of a pathogenic microorganism to cause adverse human health effects under a particular set of conditions. Steps in this process are host characterization, evaluation of human health effects, and quantification of the dose-response relationship; the result is a host-pathogen profile.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "ILSI 2000; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/characterization-of-human-health-effects/"
}