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Upper-bound lifetime cancer risk

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-029251

A likely upper limit to the true probability that a person will contract cancer over a 70-year lifetime due to a given hazard (such as exposure to a toxic chemical). This risk can be measured or estimated in numerical terms (for example, one chance in a hundred).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-029251
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
ReferencesAirToxScreen Glossary of Terms; National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029251",
  "term": "Upper-bound lifetime cancer risk",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Upper-Bound Lifetime Cancer Risk",
  "definition": "A likely upper limit to the true probability that a person will contract cancer over a 70-year lifetime due to a given hazard (such as exposure to a toxic chemical). This risk can be measured or estimated in numerical terms (for example, one chance in a hundred).",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms; National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/upper-bound-lifetime-cancer-risk/"
}

Record 28,449 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.