Main Title |
Total Human Exposure: Basic Concepts, EPA Field Studies, and Future Research Needs. |
Author |
Ott, W. R. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Research and Development. |
Publisher |
cJul 90 |
Year Published |
1990 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-90/531; |
Stock Number |
PB91-216242 |
Additional Subjects |
Public health ;
Risk assessment ;
Health risk ;
Environmental surveys ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Exposure ;
Population distributions ;
Field tests ;
Skin(Anatomy) ;
Food chains ;
Three-dimensional calculations ;
Environmental research ;
Mathematical models ;
Air pollution effects(Humans) ;
Water pollution effects(Humans) ;
Ecology ;
Reprints ;
Total Human Exposure
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Last Modified |
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NTIS |
PB91-216242 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
12p |
Abstract |
Historically, environmental regulatory programs designed to protect public health have monitored pollutants only in geophysical carrier media (for example, outdoor air, streams, soil). Field studies have identified a gap between the levels observed in geophysical carrier media and concentrations with which people actually come into contact: their daily exposures. A new approach--Total Human Exposure (THE) has evolved to fill the gap and provide the critical data needed fpr accurately assessing public health risk. The THE approach considers a three-dimensional 'bubble' around each person and measures the concentrations of all pollutants contacting that bubble, either through the air, food, water, or skin. Two basic THE approaches have emerged: (1) the direct approach using probability samples of populations and measuring pollutant concentrations in the food eaten, air breathed, water drunk, and skin contacted; and (2) the indirect approach using human activity pattern-exposure models to predict population exposure distributions. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Air and Waste Management Association, v40 n7 Jul 90. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Total Human Exposure: Basic Concepts, EPA Field Studies, and Future Research Needs. |
Category Codes |
68G; 57U; 57H |
NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
200/04 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
125534518 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |