Health Effect

Concept of Health Effect

In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of health effect may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: Health effects or health impacts are changes in health or any derivation in the normal function resulting from exposure to an external agent, source or stimuli. Health effects are an important consideration in many areas, such as hygiene, pollution studies, and workplace safety, nutrition and health sciences in general.[1]

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Notes and References

1. Definition of health effect published by the European Commission