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  <id>14487</id>
  <title>biomarker of exposure</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - biomarker of exposure</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.14487</doi>
  <code>14487</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: exposure biomarker</synonym>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Biomarker that relates exposure to a xenobiotic to the levels of the substance or its metabolite, or of the product of an interaction between the substance and some target molecule or cell, that can be measured in a compartment within an organism.</text>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>compartment</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14537</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 850 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'biomarker of exposure' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14487</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-06-29T01:09:38+00:00</accessed>
</term>
