Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology and Hazard Control

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (Author) , S. M. Rappaport (Edited by) , Thomas J. Smith (Edited by)

SECTION I: MEASUREMENT of CURRENT EXPOSURES. Alternative Ways of Monitoring Occupational Exposure. Measurement of Vapors and Gases. The Measurement of Aerosols in Relation to Risk Assessment. The Use of Markers to Measure Exposures to Complex Mixtures. Rapporteur's Summary: Measurement of Current Exposures. SECTION II: APPLICATION of TOXICOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS. Assessing Relevant Exposures to Airborne Irritants. Exposure-Dose Relationships. Development of Biological Monitoring as a Tool for Exposure Assessment. The Use of Models to Investigate the Toxicokinetic Behavior of Organic Solvents. Rapporteur's Summary: Application of Toxicological Relationships. SECTION III: EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVALUATION of EXPOSURE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS. Issues in the Epidemiologic Evaluation of Exposure-Effect Relationships. New Methods for Evaluating Health Effect. Retrospective Exposure Assessment-A Review of Approaches and Directions for the Future. Exposure Assessment Challenges Presented by Investigations of Reproductive Effects in the Semiconductor Industry. Rapporteur's Summary: Epidemiologic Evaluation of Exposure-Effect Relationships. SECTION IV: EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES. Exposure Assessment Strategies. Biological Monitoring Strategies. Sampling Strategies for Epidemiological Studies. Individual Versus Group Differences in Exposure Risk. Rapporteur's Summary: Exposure Assessment Strategies. Index.