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Term

hazard assessment

Term

Process designed to determine factors contributing to the possible adverse effects of a substance to which a human population or an environmental compartment could be exposed. The process includes three steps: hazard identification, hazard characterisation, and hazard evaluation.

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Definition source publication

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Risk assessment terminology. Chemistry International Vol. 23, No. 2. March 2001. John H. Duffus.

Publication year

2001

Definition source URL

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2001/march/risk_assessment.html.

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Organisation full name

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Subjects

Long definition

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