Residential Exposure Assessment Project: A SourceBook

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Presents contributions from some 30 professionals in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, industrial hygiene, toxicology, pharmacology, and environmental law, all focusing on the assessment and management of potential exposures occurring in and around the home. Issues covered include US legislation relevant to products used in and around the residence, methods for measuring and modeling exposures across multiple pathways and routes, and distributional data available for key residential exposure factors. Also serves as a compendium of information about predictive methods and tools, monitoring methods, data sources, and key variables that characterize exposures in the residential setting. Of likely use to risk and exposure assessors, students, industrial hygienists assessing health hazards in the home, engineers, and monitoring specialists.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Book Description
This book, initiated by the Society of Risk Analysis, is a compendium of information about predictive methods and tools, monitoring methods, data sources, and key variables that characterize exposure in and around all types of residences (apartments, single-family homes, condos, farmhouses, mobile homes, row houses, retirement homes and school dorms). Residential exposure assessments are used to check indoor air quality, compliance with U.S. statutes, and evaluation of consumer product safey and include measurements of agents (chemical, biological, and physical) that are present in and around the home.


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Presents contributions from some 30 professionals in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, industrial hygiene, toxicology, pharmacology, and environmental law, all focusing on the assessment and management of potential exposures occurring in and around the home. Issues covered include US legislation relevant to products used in and around the residence, methods for measuring and modeling exposures across multiple pathways and routes, and distributional data available for key residential exposure factors. Also serves as a compendium of information about predictive methods and tools, monitoring methods, data sources, and key variables that characterize exposures in the residential setting. Of likely use to risk and exposure assessors, students, industrial hygienists assessing health hazards in the home, engineers, and monitoring specialists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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