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Exposure Science

Basic Principles and Applications

  • 1st Edition - February 11, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Paul Lioy, Clifford Weisel
  • Language: English

Exposure Science: Basic Principles and Applications provides a concise overview of the field of exposure science, from its origins in sanitation and occupational health, to its ex… Read more

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Exposure Science: Basic Principles and Applications provides a concise overview of the field of exposure science, from its origins in sanitation and occupational health, to its exciting involvement with emerging scientific concepts. Written by world-leading experts in the field of exposure science, this book provides all the basic understanding you need to employ the best tools and methods for measurement, analysis, and modeling of exposure. Exposure Science: Basic Principles and Applications is an invaluable introduction to exposure science for anyone working in the fields of environmental health, risk assessment, toxicology, or epidemiology.

Key features

  • Focuses on and highlights the basic fundamentals, scientific goals, theories and tools of exposure science
  • Examines the use of the exposome and eco-exposome concepts within the field of exposure science

Readership

Professionals, graduate and postgraduate students in aligned fields within environmental health and risk assessment, such as environmental toxicology and epidemiology

Table of contents

DedicationAcknowledgmentsIntroductionReferences1. History and Foundations of Exposure Science1.1 A Continuum from Source to Effect: The Role of Exposure Science1.2 Regulation and Exposure1.3 Exposure Science Activities and Risk AssessmentReferences2. Definition of the Science and Mathematical Relationships2.1 Mathematical Representations of Exposure2.2 A Unified Approach to the Source to Impact ContinuumReferences3. Exposure Routes and Types of Exposure3.1 Total Exposure3.2 Cumulative and Aggregate Exposures3.3 The Four Routes of ExposureReferences4. Exposure Science Applications and Uses4.1 Exposure and Environmental Science4.2 Source Proximity and Characterizing Exposure4.3 Exposure and Environmental Health Sciences4.4 Exposure Science and Causation4.5 Exposure Science and the LawReferences5. Exposure Science Research Design5.1 Human Activities and Behavior5.2 Extrapolation of Environmental Quality Data to Exposure Data5.3 Exposure MeasurementsReferences6. Source to Exposure to Dose Modeling6.1 Exposure ModelsReferences7. Exposure Science Applications: Within Environmental Health Sciences7.1 Confounding Factors Affecting Exposure7.2 New Approaches for Field Studies and Sample Analyses on the Dynamics of Exposure7.3 WTC and Emergency Response/Military7.4 Drinking Water7.5 The Exposome as a Component of Exposure Science for Risk AssessmentReferencesAppendix AA.1 Glossary of Common Terms Used to Express Exposure Concepts (Adapted and Augmented from )ReferencesAppendix BGeneral Questions on ExposureIndex

Review quotes

"...gives a good overview of the principles of exposure science and the background to how and why the discipline came into existence…well written and well illustrated with examples throughout."—btsNews

"One of the strongest areas of the book is the description of tools used to assess exposure, clearly drawing on the authors’ decades of experience with measurement methods."—JOEM, Sep-14

"…explain the origins and basic principles of the human exposure sciences, provide example applications, and define its utility…They describe some fundamental study designs and the types of measurements and associated data needed to characterize and measure the exposure of individuals or populations to a toxic biological, chemical, or physical agent."—ProtoView.com, April 2014

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 25, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

PL

Paul Lioy

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Exposure Science, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

CW

Clifford Weisel

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

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