Agent 05
Agent 05 : Medicine. (a) A chemical, physical, mineralogical, or biological entity that may cause deleterious effects in an organism after the organism is exposed to it. [USEPA, 1992: GL for Exposure Assessment]; (b) A chemical, radiological, mineralogical, or biological entity that may cause deleterious effects an organism after the organism is exposed to it. [USEPA, 1992a: Dermal Exposure Assessment] [REAP, 1995: Residential Exposure Assessment Project] [AIHA, 2000: Risk Assessment Principles for the Industrial Hygienist]; (c) Suter et al. 1994 suggested it as an alternative for the term stressor. It is considered to be more neutral than stressor, and is used in EPA's Guidelines for Exposure Assessment. [USEPA, 1997: Guidance on Cumulative Risk Assessment, Planning and Scoping]; (d) Any physical, chemical, or biological entity that can be harmful to an organism (synonymous with stressor). [USEPA, 1997a: EPA Terms of Environment]; (e) Any physical, chemical, or biological entity that can induce an adverse response (synonymous with stressor). [USEPA, 1998a: Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment]; (f) A chemical, physical, mineralogical, or biological entity that may cause deleterious effects in a target after contacting the target [Zartarian, et al., 1997: Quant. Def. of Exp. & Related Concepts] [Cf. Stressor]
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