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Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/135, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
This report is a stand-alone document that highlights the recommendations from the exposure factors handbook.
Description:
EPA announced the release of the final report, Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook. As a "highlights" document, this is a companion report to the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report) EPA released in 2008. This highlights document provides some introductory information about the handbook and presents a summary of the recommendations presented in the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (CSEFH). The CSEFH handbook presents behavioral and physiological data on various factors used in assessing exposure, specifically for children ages 0 to 21 years old. This document was first offered to the public in 2002 as a tool to exposure assessors for assessing childhood exposures to environmental agents. Since that time, the U.S. EPA has incorporated updated data, revised the recommendations for several exposure factors, and developed a standardized set of age categories to be used for children’s exposure assessment.
We invite you to view the full report Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report), see downloads. EPA intends to update this website periodically so that the information remains current and relevant.
URLs/Downloads:
Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (PDF, 39 pp, 1662 KB, about PDF)Press Release: Oct 27, 2009