Exposure Scenario 1
Exposure Scenario 1 : Medicine. (a) A set of facts, assumptions, and inferences about how exposure takes place that aids the exposure assessor in evaluating, estimating, or quantifying exposures. [USEPA, 1992: GL for Exposure Assessment] [USEPA, 1992a: Dermal Exposure Assessment] [REAP, 1995: Residential Exposure Assessment Project] [USEPA, 1997b: Exposure Factors Handbook]; (b) A set of assumptions concerning how an exposure may take place, including assumptions about the exposure setting, stressor characteristics, and activities that may lead to exposure. [USEPA, 1998a: Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment] [CENR, 1999: Ecorisk in the Federal Government]