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What is Occupational exposure limit?

Definition 32.27 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 32 — Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology

An occupational exposure limit is the concentration of a substance in the air of a workplace that workers may breathe, averaged over a working day (or over 15 minutes for short-term limits), without expected adverse effects.

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