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Slope Factor

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025751

An upper bound, approximating a 95% confidence limit, on the increased cancer risk from a lifetime exposure to an agent. This estimate, usually expressed in units of proportion (of a population) affected per mg/kg-day, is generally reserved for use in the low-dose region of the dose-response relationship, that is, for exposures corresponding to risks less than 1 in 100.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025751
FieldEnvironment
SubjectScience and research
ReferencesIntegrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; Risk Assessment Glossary; Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary; EPA 2003
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An upper bound, approximating a 95% confidence limit, on the increased cancer risk from a lifetime exposure to an agent. This estimate, usually expressed in units of proportion (of a population) affected per mg/kg-day, is generally reserved for use in the low-dose region of the dose-response relationship, that is, for exposures corresponding to risks less than 1 in 100.",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; Risk Assessment Glossary; Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary; EPA 2003"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/slope-factor/"
}

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