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Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-10/030, 2011.
Impact/Purpose:
This Highlights document was developed to provide a brief overview of the 2011 Exposure Factors Handbook's contents and to facilitate access to its exposure factors recommendations. As such, it contains a subset of the information provided in the complete Handbook.
Description:
EPA announced the availability of the final report, Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook (EPA/600/R-10/030).This Highlights document presents an overview of the information provided in the Exposure Factors Handbook (U.S. EPA, 2011). Excerpts of each chapter of the Handbook and summaries of key recommendations for each of the exposure factors are provided (see downloads).
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FR Notice: Nov 3, 2011
Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook (PDF, 72 pp, 3635 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF, 4 pp, 210 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 2. Variability and Uncertainty (PDF, 2 pp, 185 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 3. Ingestion of Water and Other Select Liquids (PDF, 2 pp, 124 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 4. Non-Dietary Ingestion Factors (PDF, 2 pp, 92 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 5. Ingestion of Soil and Dust (PDF, 4 pp, 203 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 6. Inhalation Rates (PDF, 4 pp, 124 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 7. Dermal Exposure Factors (PDF, 6 pp, 173 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 8. Body Weight (PDF, 2 pp, 130 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 9. Intake of Fruits and Vegetables (PDF, 2 pp, 123 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 10. Intake of Fish and Shellfish (PDF, 4 pp, 125 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 11. Intake of Meats, Diary Products, and Fats (PDF, 2 pp, 90 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 12. Intake of Grain Products (PDF, 2 pp, 99 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 13. Intake of Home-Produced Foods (PDF, 4 pp, 145 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 14. Total Food Intake (PDF, 2 pp, 124 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 15, Human Milk Intake (PDF, 2 pp, 104 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 16. Activity Factors (PDF, 6 pp, 186 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 17. Consumer Products (PDF, 2 pp, 130 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 18. Lifetime (PDF, 2 pp, 115 KB, about PDF)
Chapter 19. Building Characteristics (PDF, 2 pp, 160 KB, about PDF)