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risk
  1. Probability of adverse effects caused under specified circumstances by an agent in an organism, a population, or an ecological system.
  2. Expected frequency of occurrence of a harmful event arising from such an exposure.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1033 (Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 1069
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by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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