The phrase "adults were exposed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the exposure of adults to various situations, environments, or stimuli, often in studies or reports.
Example: "In the study, adults were exposed to different levels of noise to assess its impact on concentration."
Alternatives: "adults were subjected" or "adults encountered".
In one experiment, 276 healthy adults were exposed to cold viruses, then quarantined and monitored for five days.
No mortality was observed when adults were exposed during the first 24 h but several animals showed uncoordinated movements and increased mucus production at all tested concentrations.
Children residing in normal areas are exposed to almost 0.05 mg/kg/day of fluoride and adults were exposed to 0.03 mg/kg/day of fluoride.
Reductions in adult progeny production, percent of insect damaged kernels, and grain weight loss were greater when S. zeamais adults were exposed to the powders for longer time periods at higher than lower concentrations.
Consequently, C. carnea adults were exposed to a constant level of active Cry toxins when feeding on Bt maize pollen in our experiment.
Furthermore, if there was in fact a 2002 outbreak, it seems to have been confined to the Interior wolves; none of the NR pups and only a few of the NR adults were exposed that year.
Adults are exposed too, but on the whole our mature immune systems can handle them better.
In a draft risk assessment last August, the Food and Drug Administration said the levels of BPA to which children and adults are exposed do not pose a meaningful risk.
Even as Orthodox teenagers and young adults are exposed to sexualized images in popular culture, the age of marriage has risen.
There are many strains of HPV, and the virus is so common that at some point most sexually active adults are exposed to it.
In fact, adults are exposed to screens — TVs, cellphones, even G.P.S. devices — for about 8.5 hours on any given day, according to a study released by the Council for Research Excellence on Thursday.
