Title: biological exposure index
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - biological exposure index
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.BT06901
Status: current
Index: quantity

Definition
Reference values intended as guidelines for the evaluation of potential health hazards in the practice of industrial hygiene. BEIs represent the levels of determinants that are most likely to be observed in specimens collected from a healthy worker who has been exposed to chemicals to the same extent as a worker with inhalation exposure to the TLV.

Related Terms
- TLV: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/TT06915
- exposure: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/ET06811

Source
- PAC, 2001, 73, 993. 'Risk assessment for occupational exposure to chemicals. A review of current methodology (IUPAC Technical Report)' on page 1021 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200173060993)

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Citation: Citation: 'biological exposure index' 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.BT06901
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