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Reasonable Worst Case

"estimate of the individual dose, exposure, or risk level received by an individual in a defined population that is greater than the 90th percentile but less than that received by anyone in the 98th percentile in the same population. "

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Terms of Environment

   
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