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Exposure Factors Handbook - Update (2009, External Review Draft)

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Overview

The mission of National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of EPA's Office of Research and Development is to provide guidance and risk assessments aimed at protecting human health and the environment. To accomplish this mission, NCEA works to develop and improve the models, databases, tools, assumptions, and extrapolations used in risk assessments. This handbook is a tool developed by NCEA aimed at refining the assumptions used in exposure assessments and reducing uncertainty. This handbook was first published in 1989 and updated in 1997 to provide statistical data on the various human factors used in assessing exposure. This revised version of the handbook provides the up-to-date data on these exposure factors. The recommended values are based solely on our interpretations of the available data. In many situations different values may be appropriate to use in consideration of policy, precedent or other factors.

Citation

U.S. EPA. Exposure Factors Handbook - Update (2009, External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-09/052A, 2009.

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History/Chronology

Date Description
01- May 1989 EPA released the Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report) 1989. EPA/600/8-89/043.
02- Aug 1996 EPA released the draft Exposure Factors Handbook for public review and comment.
03- Aug 1997 EPA released the Final Exposure Factors Handbook.
04- Oct 2009 EPA released the draft report for a 60-day public review and comment period.
05- Sep 2011 EPA released the final report, Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition. [Federal Register Notice Oct 3, 2011]
06- Jul 2012 EPA released the comments from the peer review workshop.

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