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reference dose (RfD)
An estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of daily exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime.
Source:
PAC, 2001, 73, 1023
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/RT06912.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/RT06912.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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