Surrogate dose

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027410",
  "term": "Surrogate dose",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A surrogate dose is specific to a combination of facility, chemical release, media, release pathway and exposure pathway. It is calculated in several steps. First, exposure and release pathway-specific chemical release volumes are combined with physicochemical properties and site-specific characteristics in models to estimate an ambient concentration in the environmental medium of concern. The ambient media concentration is then combined with standard human exposure assumptions (for adults and children) to estimate the magnitude of the dose.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/surrogate-dose/"
}