cumulative exposure

collocation in English

meaningsofcumulativeandexposure

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cumulative
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.t̬ɪv/
increasing by one addition ...
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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 ofcumulativeandexposurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the possibility thatcumulativeexposurecould carry a risk to health is taken into account when considering applications for pesticides approval.
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This study determined thatcumulativeexposureto mineral oil and glycol-based fogs were associated with acute and chronic adverse effects on respiratory health.
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Studies that more directly assesscumulativeexposureto psychosis and its relationship to long-term outcomes would be valuable.
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This increase might be the result ofcumulativeexposureover the years, and is expected in endemic areas in the case of most communicable diseases.
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This difference ought to increase with age becausecumulativeexposureto familiar names increases, and the degree to which a familiar object activates its name increases withcumulativeexposure.
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However, the possibility thatcumulativeexposurecould carry a risk to health is taken into account when considering applications for pesticides approval.
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To that end, the panel suggested maximum standards ofcumulativeexposureto radiation to which the public could be safely subjected over a lifetime.
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This study determined thatcumulativeexposureto mineral oil and glycol-based fogs were associated with acute and chronic adverse effects on respiratory health.
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Cumulativeexposureto the sun causes damage to the epidermis (the skin's outer layer) and the dermis (the deeper layer where the skin's framework exists).
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Alternatively, material extracted from the teeth of people during dental procedures can be used to quantify theircumulativeexposureto ionizing radiation.
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Cotinine accumulates in hair during hair growth, which results in a measure of long-term,cumulativeexposureto tobacco smoke.
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The risk of developing lung cancer depends on the level, duration, and frequency of asbestos exposure (cumulativeexposure).
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The incidence of podoconiosis increases with age, likely due tocumulativeexposureto irritant soil.
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It has an estimatedcumulativeexposureof more than 10 million pregnancies.
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The pathophysiology of podoconiosis is a combination of an uncharacterized genetic susceptibility and acumulativeexposureto irritant soil.
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The theory clearly posits that the cultivation effect occurs only after long-term,cumulativeexposureto television.
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Thus, the number of cumulative exposures across each episode is 1 (first episode), 4 (second episode), and 7 (third episode).
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