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Population risk descriptor

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021613

An assessment of the extent of harm to the population being addressed. It can be either an estimate of the number of cases of a particular effect that might occur in a population (or population segment), or a description of what fraction of the population receives exposures, doses, or risks greater than a specified value.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021613
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesExposure Factors Handbook: Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021613",
  "term": "Population risk descriptor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An assessment of the extent of harm to the population being addressed. It can be either an estimate of the number of cases of a particular effect that might occur in a population (or population segment), or a description of what fraction of the population receives exposures, doses, or risks greater than a specified value.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/population-risk-descriptor/"
}

Record 21,031 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.