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Surrogate

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030784

Something that serves as a substitute. In risk analysis, surrogates are often used when data on the item of interest (a chemical, an industry, an exposure, etc.) is lacking. As an example, underground mining of coal and hardrock minerals can be used as a surrogate for underground oil shale mining.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030784
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesRAIS 2004, SRA 2004
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030784",
  "term": "Surrogate",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Something that serves as a substitute. In risk analysis, surrogates are often used when data on the item of interest (a chemical, an industry, an exposure, etc.) is lacking. As an example, underground mining of coal and hardrock minerals can be used as a surrogate for underground oil shale mining.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "RAIS 2004, SRA 2004"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/surrogate/"
}

Record 26,666 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.