Title: body burden
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - body burden
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.BT06905
Status: current

Definition
Total amount of substance of a chemical present in an organism at a given time.

Related Term
- amount of substance: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00297

Source
- PAC, 2001, 73, 993. 'Risk assessment for occupational exposure to chemicals. A review of current methodology (IUPAC Technical Report)' on page 1022 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200173060993)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/BT06905/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/BT06905/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/BT06905/xml

Citation: Citation: 'body burden' 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.BT06905
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