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Body burden

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Body burden: The total amount of a chemical in the body. Some chemicals build up in the body because they are stored in body organs like fat or bone or are eliminated very slowly.

 


Body burden
The total amount of a substance in the body. Some substances build up in the body because they are stored in fat or bone or because they leave the body very slowly.
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Body Burden
The amount of a chemical stored in the body at a given time, especially a potential toxin in the body as the result of exposure.
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body burden
Total amount of a substance present in an organism at a given time.
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Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum
Permissible Concentration of Radionuclides in Air or Water
for Occupational Exposure, NBS Handbook 69, except the ...

man-made beta particle and photon emitting All radionuclides emitting beta particles and/or photons listed in Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentration of Radionuclides in Air or Water for Occupational Exposure, ...

All radionuclides emitting beta particles and/or photons listed in Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radonuclides in Air and Water for Occupational Exposure.
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man-made beta particle All radionuclides emitting beta particles or photons, or both, listed and photon emitters in the most current edition of "Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentration of Radionuclides in Air or ...

See also: Concentration, Air, Exposure, Water, Waste