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Main Title Indoor air--assessment : a review of indoor air quality risk characterization studies : United States, 1989-1990.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA-600/8-90-044; ECAO-R-0314; PB92109107
Stock Number PB92-109107
OCLC Number 24114297
Subjects Indoor air pollution--Research--United States ; Air quality--United States ; Carcinogenicity Testing--United States
Additional Subjects Indoor air pollution ; Risk assessment ; Malignant neoplasms ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Radon ; Formaldehyde ; Volatile organic compounds ; Reviews ; Pulmonary neoplasms ; Dose response relationships ; Exposure ; Decision making ; Environmental tobacco smoke
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30001J1X.PDF
Holdings
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EHAM  TD883.1.N38 1991 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJED  EPA 600/8-90/044 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/23/2004
EKBD  EPA/600/8-90/044 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 10/05/1991
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600/8-90/044 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023 DISPERSAL
EMBD  EPA/600/8-90/044 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 08/23/1991 STATUS
ERAD  EPA 600/8-90-044 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 08/10/1991
ESAD  EPA 600-8-90-044 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 08/03/2005
NTIS  PB92-109107 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 106 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
Risk assessment methodologies provide a mechanism for incorporating scientific evidence and judgments into the risk management decision process. A risk characterization framework has been developed to provide a systematic approach for analysis and presentation of risk characterization study results. The framework was used as a tool to review published studies that provide quantitative risk estimates associated with exposure to indoor air pollutants. Comparisons of both the methods and the resulting risk estimates are presented. Critical assumptions concerning risk estimates and exposure estimates for each study are recorded on the framework. Fourteen risk characterization studies were reviewed include three studies for radon, six for environmental tobacco smoke, three for volatile organics, one for formaldehyde only, and one for asbestos. The quality and rigor of analysis varied greatly among the studies reviewed. Some of the studies clearly state that they are intended to be preliminary analyses or screening studies, others are reported as sensitivity analyses, and others are detailed risk assessments. Studies which are technically rigorous in some risk components (e.g., dose-response relationships) are often less rigorous in other components (e.g. exposure assessment).
Notes
"March 1991." "Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711." "This report is the second in a series of EPA/Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office monographs"--Page v. Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-100). "EPA/600/8-90/044."