Maximum Allowable Concentration
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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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D008452
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.350.210 N06.850.460.350.600.615
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| Concept/Terms |
Maximum Allowable Concentration- Maximum Allowable Concentration
- Allowable Concentration, Maximum
- Allowable Concentrations, Maximum
- Concentration, Maximum Allowable
- Concentrations, Maximum Allowable
- Maximum Allowable Concentrations
- Maximum Permissible Exposure Concentration
- MPEL
- MPELs
- Maximum Permissible Exposure Level
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maximum Allowable Concentration" by people in Profiles.
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Stanton BA, Caldwell K, Congdon CB, Disney J, Donahue M, Ferguson E, Flemings E, Golden M, Guerinot ML, Highman J, James K, Kim C, Lantz RC, Marvinney RG, Mayer G, Miller D, Navas-Acien A, Nordstrom DK, Postema S, Rardin L, Rosen B, SenGupta A, Shaw J, Stanton E, Susca P. MDI Biological Laboratory Arsenic Summit: Approaches to Limiting Human Exposure to Arsenic. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2015 Sep; 2(3):329-37.
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Whitesell PL, Drage CW. Occupational lung cancer. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993 Feb; 68(2):183-8.