Acute 03
Acute 03 : General. (a) Occurring over a short time, usually a few minutes or hours. An acute exposure can result in short-term or long-term health effects. An acute effect happens a short time (up to 1 year) after exposure. [ATSDR, 1999: Online Glossary]; (b) Occurring over a short time, usually a few minutes or hours. An acute exposure can result in short term or long term health effects. An acute effect happens within a short time after exposure. [New York Department of Health, 1999: Glossary of Environmental Health Terms]; (c) Acute_diseases or responses with short and generally severe course (often due to high pollutant concentrations). [SRA, 1999: Glossary of Risk Analysis Terms]; (d) A health effect that is the result of a short time exposure to a very high concentration of a toxic material. The effect is usually immediately seen, not more than several hours after the exposure. [University of Kentucky, 1999: Glossary of Safety Terms]; (e) Diseases or responses with short and generally severe course (often due to high pollutant concentrations). [USDOE, 2000: RAIS Glossary]
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