PH717 Module 2 - Exposure Assessment
Contents
Page 1
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Page 2
What is an Exposure?
What Is Meant by Measurable?
Page 3
Exposure Assessment
Duration of Exposure
1. Acute Exposures
2. Chronic Exposures
3. Time-varying Exposures
Dose and Frequency of Exposure
Induction, Latency, and Critical Windows
Page 4
Methods for Collecting Data on Exposure
1. Self-reporting
2. Monitoring the Environment
• Sampling in a Community or Region
• Air Sampling in a Microenvironment
• Personal Biomonitoring
3. Biomarkers
4. Modeling
Leukemia in Woburn, MA
Test Yourself
Page 5
Exposure Pathways and Routes
Exposure Routes
Exposure Pathways
Page 6
Toxicology
Dose-Response Assessment
Animal Studies
Threshold Dose
Observational Studies in Humans
Occupational Health Epidemiology
Test Yourself
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