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Latency Period

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015433

1. The time between first exposure to an agent and manifestation or detection of a health effect of interest.

2. A period of subclinical or inapparent pathologic changes following exposure, ending with the onset of symptoms of chronic disease.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015433
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesIntegrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003; CDC 2005
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015433",
  "term": "Latency Period",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The time between first exposure to an agent and manifestation or detection of a health effect of interest.\n\n2. A period of subclinical or inapparent pathologic changes following exposure, ending with the onset of symptoms of chronic disease.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003",
    "CDC 2005"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/latency-period/"
}

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