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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > administrative management > risk analysis > risk assessment > exposure assessment > source attribution
Preferred Term:

source attribution

Definition:
The process of determining what proportion of a particular biological, chemical or physical agent is acquired from a given origin and through a given exposure pathway.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
exposure assessment
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137588
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RDF/XMLCreated 2010-09-24, last modified 2012-11-30