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:''' Severity''' is a risk management term. The acceptability of risk depends on scientific data, social, economic, and political factors, and on the perceived benefits arising from exposure to an [[agent]].<ref name="WHO report">[http://www.who.int/ipcs/methods/harmonization/draft_document_for_comment.pdf WHO Report]</ref>
:''' Severity''' is the degree to which an effect changes and impairs the functional capacity of an organ system.<ref name="WHO report">[http://www.who.int/ipcs/methods/harmonization/draft_document_for_comment.pdf WHO Report]</ref>
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Severity is the degree to which an effect changes and impairs the functional capacity of an organ system.[1]

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