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HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT<br />

In regulatory applications of risk assessments, exposure<br />

estimates are often constructed using existing data or single point<br />

measurements to estimate the risk of a facility, hazardous waste site<br />

or chemical waste site, or even the use of a chemical product. This<br />

approach can result in large errors in the exposure assessment and<br />

hence the risk assessment. Exposure assessment studies are used to<br />

obtain a more accurate determination of the exposure associated with a<br />

health impact outcome of concern. Population-based risk assessments<br />

benefit from the use of population-based measurements derived from<br />

surveys or models (see Chapter 3) to estimate the distribution of<br />

health effect outcomes in the total exposed population over a<br />

specified time period.<br />

http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc<strong>214</strong>.htm<br />

Page 35 of 284<br />

6/1/2007

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