short-term exposure limit

initialism: STEL
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.16085
Fifteen-minute time-weighted average (TWA) exposure recommended by ACGIH which should not be exceeded at any time during a workday, even if the \(\pu{8 h}\) TWA is within the threshold limit value: time-weighted average, TLV-TWA.
Note: Workers can be exposed to a maximum of four STEL periods per \(\pu{8 h}\) shift, with at least \(\pu{60 min}\) between exposure periods.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. (Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)) on page 1309 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'short-term exposure limit' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.16085 RIS BibTex EndNote
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