Measure of exposure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016804",
  "term": "Measure of exposure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Measure of Exposure",
  "definition": "1. A measure of stressor existence and movement in the environment and its contact or co-occurrence with the assessment endpoint.\n\n2. A measurable characteristic of a stressor (such as the specific amount of mercury in a body of water) used to help quantify the exposure of an ecological entity or individual organism.\n\n3. Describes stressor existence and behavior in the environment and its contact or co-occurrence with the assessment endpoint.\n\n4. The quantitative outcome of the exposure assessment. For air toxics risk assessments, personal air concentration (or adjusted exposure concentration) is the metric of exposure for the inhalation route of exposure and intake rate is the metric of exposure for the ingestion route of exposure.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "EPA 1998a",
    "EPA 2004"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/measure-of-exposure/"
}