Environmental Health Criteria 214

HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
4.2. Descriptive statistics
4.2.1. Numerical summaries
4.2.2. Graphical summaries
4.2.2.1 Histograms
4.2.2.2 Cumulative frequency diagrams
4.2.2.3 Box plots
4.2.2.4 Quantile-quantile plots
4.2.2.5 Scatter plots
4.3. Probability distributions
4.3.1. Normal distribution
4.3.2. Lognormal distribution
4.3.3. Binomial distribution
4.3.4. Poisson distribution
4.4. Parametric inferential statistics
4.4.1. Estimation
4.4.2. Measurement error and reliability
4.4.3. Hypothesis testing and two-sample problems
4.4.4. Statistical models
4.4.4.1 Analysis of variance and linear regression
4.4.4.2 Logistic regression
4.4.5. Sample size determination
4.5. Non-parametric inferential statistics
4.6. Other topics
4.7. Summary
5. HUMAN TIME-USE PATTERNS AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Methods
5.2.1. Activity pattern concepts
5.2.1.1 Time allocation parameters
5.2.1.2 Microenvironment parameters
5.2.1.3 Intensity of contact
5.2.2. Surrogates of time-activity patterns
5.2.3. Data collection methods
5.3. Potential limitations
5.3.1. Activity representativeness
5.3.2. Validity and reliability
5.3.3. Inter- and intra-person variability
5.4. Summary
6. HUMAN EXPOSURE AND DOSE MODELLING
6.1. Introduction
6.2. General types of exposure model
6.3. Environmental media and exposure media
6.4. Single-medium models
6.4.1. Outdoor and indoor air
6.4.2. Potable water
6.4.3. Surface waters
6.4.4. Groundwater
6.4.5. Soil
6.5. Multiple-media modelling
6.5.1. Inter-media transfer factors
6.5.1.1 Diffusive partition coefficients
6.5.1.2 Advective partition coefficients
6.5.2. Exposure factors
6.5.3. Multiple-media/multiple-pathway models
6.6. Probabilistic exposure models
6.6.1. Variability
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