body burden

Body burden — Body burden, also known as chemical load, is the amount of harmful chemicals present in a person s body. It is determined by biomonitoring, which assesses exposure by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens such as blood… …   Wikipedia

body burden — body burden, radioactive or other toxic material absorbed in an individual s system: »Lead…has always been one of the “body burdens” that all of us carry around with us, because it settles in our bones (Edith Iglauer) …   Useful english dictionary

body burden — Activity of a radiopharmaceutical retained by the body at a specified time following administration …   Medical dictionary

body burden — /ˈbɒdi bɜdn/ (say bodee berdn) noun the accumulation of a toxic chemical in the body as a result of prolonged and often unwitting exposure to it …   Australian English dictionary

maximum permissible body burden — didžiausias organizmui leidžiamas radionuklidų kiekis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Aktyvumu išreiškiamas radionuklidų kiekis organizme, kurį leidžia radiacinės saugos normos. atitikmenys: angl. maximum permissible… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

total body burden — noun (radiology) 1. The summation of all radioactive materials contained in any person 2. The maximum total amount of radioactive material any person may be permitted to contain • • • Main Entry: ↑total …   Useful english dictionary

body — [n1] physique anatomy, bag of bones*, beefcake*, bod*, boody*, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, mortal part, protoplasm, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk; concept 405 Ant. mind, soul, spirit body …   New thesaurus

Burden of Proof (CSI) — Infobox Television episode Title = Burden of Proof Series = Season = 2 Episode = 15 Guests= Airdate = February 7, 2002 Writer = Ann Donahue Director = Kenneth Fink Season list = CSI season 2 episode list Episode list = Prev = The Finger Next =… …   Wikipedia

Burden Falls Wilderness — Infobox protected area | name = Burden Falls Wilderness iucn category = Ib caption = locator x = 181 locator y = 91 location = Illinois, USA nearest city = Oldtown, Illinois Delwood, Illinois lat degrees = 37 lat minutes = 35 lat seconds = 09 lat …   Wikipedia

Body Farm — Als Body Farm wird im allgemeinen ein Gelände bezeichnet, auf dem wissenschaftliche Studien zu postmortalen Veränderungen an Menschen, also über Verwesungsprozesse von Leichen, an freier Luft erfolgen können. Weltweit gibt es bis heute nur vier… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

burden — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, accommodation, add, adjoin, affix, afflict, affliction, agglutinate, agitate, albatross, allegiance, amount, anacrusis, annex, antistrophe, append, arraignability, arraignableness, assigned task,… …   Moby Thesaurus