General Concepts of Exposure Assessment and the Risk Assessment Training Module

Participants of this course will be introduced to the various components of an exposure assessment as well as relevant key terminology. Fundamentals that will be covered include: intake, uptake, and dose; applied, potential, internal, and biologically effective dose; acute dose, average daily dose, and average lifetime dose; and dermal, oral, and respiratory dose. This course will familiarize participants with EPA's existing and soon-to-be updated Exposure Assessment Guidelines and other key exposure assessment resources.

Impact/Purpose

This is a risk assessment training module and the website is: https://www.epa.gov/expobox/exposure-assessment-tutorials. The objectives of this course are to provide participants with a basic foundation about the concepts and principles of human exposure assessment.

Citation

Kadry, Abdel-Razak. General Concepts of Exposure Assessment and the Risk Assessment Training Module. Fifth World Congress on Risk, Cape Town, N/A, SOUTH AFRICA, May 05 - 08, 2019.

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