TDIshort forTolerable Daily Intake (TWI, TMI) - Tolerable Daily Intake
The TDIshort forTolerable Daily Intake specifies the quantity of a substance that can be consumed on a daily basis over an entire lifetime without an appreciable health risk. A TDIshort forTolerable Daily Intake is derived e.g. for substances that occur as contaminants in food, including drinking water, and applied to the assessment of the health risk that is associated with chronic exposureExposureTo glossary to such substances. The TDIshort forTolerable Daily Intake is usually specified in mgshort formilligram/kgshort forkilogram body weight per day. Depending on the toxicokinetic properties of the substance under assessment, it may be useful to derive an HBGVshort forHealth-Based Guidance Value based on a weekly (TWI, Tolerable Weekly Intake) or monthly (TMI, Tolerable Monthly Intake) period.