chronic exposure
Long-term repeated contact
Chronic exposure refers to repeated or continuous contact with a substance, condition, or hazard over an extended period, typically months or years.
The term appears most often in toxicology and environmental health, where it contrasts with acute exposure, which is brief and intense.
Chronic exposure to low levels of lead can cause developmental problems in children.
The cumulative effects of chronic exposure may not become apparent until long after the exposure began.
- carcinogensSubstances promoting tumor growth
- secondhand smokeAmbient cigarette exhalation others inhale
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
- toxic buildupAccumulated harmful substances
- wearing downGradually weakening through persistence
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- chemical hazardspoisoning, neurotoxin, carcinogenicity, fumes, vapors
- radiation effectsradiation sickness, health effects, hair loss, nausea, vomiting
- toxic hazardsasbestos, arsenic, neurotoxins, benzene, lead poisoning
- exposureoverexposure, underexposure, aperture, ISO, shutter speed
- radiobiologyradiobiology, DNA damage, mutations, ionizing radiation, cell damage
- toxicologytoxicology, poison, toxin, venom, toxicity