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Exposure Factors Handbook External Review Draft
Citation:
Wood, P., L. Phillips, A. Adenuga, AND e. al. Exposure Factors Handbook External Review Draft. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/P-95/002A.
Description:
The document provides a summary of the available data on various factors used in assessing human exposure including drinking water consumption; consumption rates of broad classes of food including fruits, vegetables, beef, dairy products, and fish; soil ingestion; inhalation rate; skin area; lifetime; activity patterns; body weight; consumer product use; and reference residence. he basic equations using these parameters to calculate exposure levels also are provided. ecommended values are presented as ranges from average to upper percentiles and as frequency distributions where appropriate data were available. here possible, recommended values also are provided for various segments of the population who may have characteristics different from the general population.