Maximally Exposed Individual (MEI) 1
Maximally Exposed Individual (MEI) 1 : Radiation and Radiological Disasters. [sometimes, most exposed individual] (a) The single individual with the highest exposure in a given population (also, maximum exposed individual). This term has historically been defined various ways, including as defined here and also synonymously with worst case or bounding estimate. Assessors are cautioned to look for contextual definitions when encountering this term in the literature. [USEPA, 1992: GL for Exposure Assessment]; (b) The single individual with the highest exposure in a given population. [USEPA, 1992a: Dermal Exposure Assessment] [REAP, 1995: Residential Exposure Assessment Project] [AIHA, 2000: Risk Assessment Principles for the Industrial Hygienist, attributed to USEPA, 1992a]; (c) The person with the highest exposure in a given population. [USEPA, 1997a: EPA Terms of Environment]
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