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ExposureMode      [2.16.840.1.113883.5.1113]

Description:

Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.

Lvl- Typ Concept Code
  Head Code-defined Value Set
Print Name Definition, Properties, Relationships
0-A _ExposureMode
 v:ExposureMode
ExposureMode

Definition:

Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.

Concept Relationships:
  Generalizes (derived): AIRBORNE CONTACT FOODBORNE WATERBORNE

1-L AIRBORNE airborne

Definition:

Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _ExposureMode

1-L CONTACT contact

Definition:

Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _ExposureMode

1-L FOODBORNE foodborne

Definition:

Description: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _ExposureMode

1-L WATERBORNE waterborne

Definition:

Description: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _ExposureMode


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