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Pages 335-337

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... Bioaerosols Aerosolized biological particles that range in diameter from 0.02 to 100 micrometers. Biomarker—Changes in the characteristics of a biologic sample, such as changes in enzyme levels, that reflect a particular environmental exposure, a particular human or animal disease process, or evidence of increased or decreased susceptibility to adverse effects from such exposures.
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From page 336...
... permissible on a given site. Margin of exposure A ratio defined by EPA as a dose derived from a tumor bioassay, epidemiological study, or biologic marker study, such as the dose associated with a 10% response rate, divided by an actual or projected human exposure.
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... Secondary transmission—The spread of disease by indirect transmission of the infectious agent. Transmission can be from person-to-person contact, whereby an infected individual infects another, from exposure to contaminated objects, or via environmental pathways, such as contamination of soil or surface water.
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Key Terms

  • exposure pathway
  • multiple pathways
  • risk estimates
  • maximum exposure
  • infectious agent

  • indirect transmission
  • receptor population
  • projected human
  • infected individual
  • involving multimedia

  • animal disease
  • federal regulators
  • response rate
  • human exposure
  • dose associated

  • disease process
  • product yielded
  • liquid residue
  • environmental pathways
  • decreased susceptibility

  • biosolids managers
  • dose derived
  • reasonable maximum
  • exposure occurs
  • enzyme levels

  • various mathematical
  • organic solid
  • contaminated objects
  • actual information
  • primarily organic


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