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Maximum Allowable Concentration  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Maximum Permissible Exposure Concentration
  • Maximum Permissible Exposure Level
  • MPEL
  • MPELs

Note

  • usually NIM; coordinate with specific drug or substance (without qualifiers)

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 2000(1991)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008452

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