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The Exposure Concept

The Exposure Concept: Road Map

Note: The purpose of the Lesson Road Map is to give you an idea of what will be expected of you for this lesson. You will be directed to specific tasks as you proceed through the lesson. Each activity in the To Do: section will be identified as individual (I), team (T), graded (G).

To Read

  • Lioy PJ, et al. Defining Exposure Science. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 15, 2005.

  • Lioy PJ and Gochfeld M. Lessons learned on environmental, occupational, and residential exposures from the attack on the World Trade Center. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42:560-565, 2002.

To Do

In this lesson you will complete the following activities:

  1. The Exposure Concept: Lesson Review Worksheet
  2. Misconceptions around Human Exposure
  3. 9-11 Lessons Learned

Topics

  • Continuum from Emission of an Agent to a Health Effect
  • Exposure Assessment
    • Concepts of Exposure, Intake, Uptake, and Dose
    • Exposure Pathways
    • Exposure Routes
    • Definitions of Applied Dose, Potential Dose, Internal Dose, and Biologically Effective Dose
    • Calculation of Doses
    • Approaches to Quantification of Exposure

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