Human Exposure Assessment for Airborne Pollutants : Advances and Opportunities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1991.
Temas:
Air > Pollution > Evaluation.
Health risk assessment > Methodology.
Pollutants > Analysis.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Méthodologie.
Polluants > Analyse.
Air > Pollution > Evaluation
Health risk assessment > Methodology
Pollutants > Analysis
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human Exposure Assessment for Airborne Pollutants
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
  • THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE
  • RATIONALE FOR PERFORMING EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS
  • FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING EXPOSURES TO AIR CONTAMINANTS
  • SAMPLING AND PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS
  • Quality Control and Quality Assurance
  • Sampling Techniques and Strategy
  • Instrumental Techniques
  • USE OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS IN ASSESSING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS
  • SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTMODELS USED IN ASSESSING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS
  • Concentration Models
  • Exposure Models
  • FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
  • 1 Principles of Exposure Assessment
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND
  • Exposure Assessment in Environmental Epidemiology
  • Exposure Assessment in Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Management
  • Conceptual Framework for Human Exposure Assessment
  • Types of Studies
  • Community Studies
  • Epidemiological Studies
  • Industrial Hygiene Studies
  • Clinical Case StudiesEngineering Studies
  • Animal Studies
  • Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies
  • Behavioral Studies
  • SUMMARY
  • 2 Framework for Assessing Exposures to Air Contaminants
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS
  • MEASUREMENT AND ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
  • Direct Measures of Exposure
  • Personal Monitoring
  • Biological Markers
  • Indirect Measures of Exposure
  • Microenvironmental Measurements
  • Questionnaires
  • Models
  • Mitigation Measures
  • INTEGRATION OF EXPOSURE-ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUESSUMMARY
  • 3 Sampling and Physical-Chemical Measurements
  • INTRODUCTION
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • ERRORS
  • Site-Selection Errors
  • Collection Errors
  • Analytical Errors
  • Data-Handling Errors
  • AIRBORNE ANALYTES
  • CRITERIA FOR METHOD SELECTION
  • Sensitivity
  • Selectivity
  • Rapidity
  • Comprehensiveness
  • Portability
  • Cost
  • METHODOLOGY
  • The Measurement Process
  • Sampling
  • Passive Sampling
  • Active Sampling
  • Separation
  • Chromatography
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Liquid ChromatographySupercritical Fluid Chromatography
  • Permselective Membranes (Microfiltration)
  • Sequential Solvent Extraction
  • Supercritical Fluid Extraction
  • Liquid Chromatography for Sample Preparation
  • Detection
  • Chromatography Detection Devices
  • Nonspecific Detectors
  • Selective Ionization Detectors
  • Thermal Conduction Devices
  • Organoleptic Methods
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
  • Ion Mobility Spectrometer
  • Electrochemical Detectors
  • Potentiometry
  • Conductimetry
  • Amperometry

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