exposure risk
Danger from contact
Exposure risk is the possibility of harm from contact with something dangerous—a hazardous substance, a contagious disease, or financial loss.
In finance, it measures potential losses from market fluctuations or counterparty default: The fund's exposure risk to emerging markets concerned investors.
In health contexts, it assesses likelihood of contracting illness through environmental or interpersonal contact.
- biohazardDangerous living organism risk
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- needle stickAccidental puncture from syringe
- occupational hazardDanger specific to one's profession
- chemical spillAccidental release of toxins
toxic fumes · infection · climate change · radiation · skin cancer · data breach · susceptibility · bioaccumulation · air pollution · lead paint · vulnerability · toxicology · hazardous waste · raw sewage · carcinogen · second-hand smoke · allergen · currency fluctuation
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- fire insurancefire damage, fire protection, fire inspections, fire hazards, fire prevention
- bloodborne pathogensHIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Ebola virus, hepatitis
- uranium miningyellowcake, radioactive waste, radionuclides, radon, radium