Reasonable maximum exposure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023253",
  "term": "Reasonable maximum exposure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The maximum exposure reasonably expected to occur in a population.\n\n2. A semiquantitative term referring to the lower portion of the high end of the exposure, dose, or risk distribution. As a semiquantitative term, it should refer to a range that can conceptually be described as above the 90th percentile in the distribution, but below the 98th percentile.\n\n3. The highest exposure reasonably likely to occur, generally assumed to be in the range of the 90th and 99.9th percentiles.",
  "abbreviation": "RME",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "U.S. EPA Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS) Volume III - Part A (https://www.epa.gov/risk/risk-assessment-guidance-superfund-rags-volume-iii-part)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/reasonable-maximum-exposure/"
}