The phrase "a heightened exposure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an increased level of visibility or awareness regarding a particular subject or situation.
Example: "The recent media coverage has led to a heightened exposure of the environmental issues facing our community."
Alternatives: "increased visibility" or "amplified awareness".
Despite evidence that adolescence represents a period of heightened exposure to marijuana, little research exists regarding possible impairment in adolescents who smoke marijuana regularly, and none exists regarding basic behavioral processes.
To a lesser extent, heightened exposure subgroups were also estimated using population density data.
The majority of Karen medics in this study have only ever inhabited an environment of heightened exposure to distress and repeated traumatic events.
Other jurisdictions affirmatively have rejected such a duty, citing the potential that heightened exposure to liability would chill designated drivers from performing a valuable service.
In the eight-state northeastern U.S. study area, data were analyzed to estimate the magnitude of susceptible groups in the age and preexisting disease categories, and to a lesser extent to estimate the heightened exposure category.
In children, a high incidence of RTI is caused either by: 1) heightened exposure of young children to RTI infectious agents from siblings, friends, and child care; 2) environmental factors; and 3) inherited disorders of the immune system [ 1].
They targeted war veterans and at-risk teens for the study due to their heightened exposure to the kinds of trauma that cause PTSD, a potentially debilitating condition arising from harrowing life experiences.
"It's something that's going to be heightened exposure for her, and she's kind of already suffered a little bit of backlash … The level of racism that's out there, that she has witnessed on some of these websites [that covered her case], it's been very upsetting to her.
Sorters face lacerations and heightened exposure to viruses like hepatitis C, which is often contracted from syringes lurking in mixed rubbish.
But she said her introduction to Ms. Watnick's pristine collection, as well as the heightened exposure vintage clothes received during the tenure of the socialite Tiffany Dubin as head of the fashion department at Sotheby's, helped her change her mind.
