Title: exposed group
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - exposed group
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15696
Status: current

Definition
People (or other organisms) who have been exposed to a supposed cause of a disease or health state of interest, or possess a characteristic that is a determinant of the health outcome of interest.

Related Terms
- exposed: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15695
- health: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15757

Source
- PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1220 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15696/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15696/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15696/xml

Citation: Citation: 'exposed group' 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.15696
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