potential exposure

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandexposure

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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exposure
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒər/us
/ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandexposurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepotentialexposureof foreign investors to manipulation by local investors is probably less for the swap than for direct transactions in individual stocks.
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Most likely because, while they had the samepotentialexposureand access, they lacked the necessary personal resources.
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Cohort members who had no episodes of diarrhoea in the 7 days following theirpotentialexposurewere defined as noncases.
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Information regarding the clinical illness of the child, hispotentialexposureduring the 6 days prior to the onset of diarrhoea, and demographic issues were obtained.
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Cohort members who had diarrhoea in the 7 days following theirpotentialexposurebut whose stools were either not cultured or were negative were defined as probable cohort cases.
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The annual internal risk assessment and plan of work takes account ofpotentialexposure.
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These include studies specifically designed to assess thepotentialexposureof consumers to the substance, as well as the persistence and potential for bioaccumulation.
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The design of the vibration isolator must also take into accountpotentialexposureto shock loadings, in addition to the routine everyday vibrations.
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Emphasis is placed on protecting personnel before anypotentialexposureto the biological agent occurs.
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During risk assessments for toys possible hazards andpotentialexposureare analyzed.
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While this is a sound approach for the general environmental impact, it doesn't reflectpotentialexposureof people handling ornamentals.
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Thepotentialexposureof caper hydraulic architecture to cavitations has recently been proposed as an explanation for its susceptibility to freezing conditions.
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Hospital staff, such as shipping and receiving personnel, custodial workers, laundry workers, and waste handlers, all havepotentialexposureto these drugs during the course of their work.
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Each case and their matched control were questioned about potential exposures occurring during the 5 days (or 30 days for antibiotic exposure) preceding the case's symptom onset date.
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Telecommunications employees have potential exposures to falls from utility poles and towers.
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The case control study looks back through time at potential exposures that both groups (cases and controls) may have encountered.
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