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Abstract
The maximum exposure to a biologically active physical or chemical agent that is allowed during an 8-hour period (a workday) in a population of workers, or during a 24-hour period in the general population, which does not appear to cause appreciable harm, whether immediate or delayed for any period, in the target population. (From Lewis Dictionary of Toxicology, 1st ed)
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9 entry terms
- MPEL
- Maximum Permissible Exposure Concentration
- Maximum Permissible Exposure Level
- Allowable Concentration, Maximum
- Allowable Concentrations, Maximum
- Concentration, Maximum Allowable
- Concentrations, Maximum Allowable
- MPELs
- Maximum Allowable Concentrations
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usually NIM; coordinate with specific drug or substance (without qualifiers)
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2000(1991)
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- Environmental Health (1966-1968)
- appropriate environment heading (1966-1968)
- specific agent (1966-1968)
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- National Library of Medicine. Maximum Allowable Concentration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008452. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008452
- Maximum Allowable Concentration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70362331