Acute Health Effects : A health effect that occurs over a relatively short period of time (e.g., minutes or hours). The term is used to describe brief exposures and effects which appear promptly after?exposure
California Air Resources Board ARB (California Environmental Protection Agency), glossary of air pollution terms, Sacramento, CA, USA 2013. http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/gloss.htm, (Air Pollut - Amer) {594}