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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-16	(skim)
1 Principles of Exposure Assessment	17-36	(skim)
2 Framework for Assessing Exposures to Air Contaminants	37-52	(skim)
3 Sampling and Physical-Chemical Measurements	53-114	(skim)
4 Use of Biological Markers in Assessing Human Exposure to Airborne Contaminants	115-142	(skim)
5 Survey Research Methods and Exposure Assessment	143-168	(skim)
6 Models	169-206	(skim)
7 Current and Anticipated Applications	207-256	(skim)
Glossary	257-258	(skim)
References	259-310	(skim)
Appendix A: Basic Standard Environmental Inventory Questionnaire	311-316	(skim)
Appendix B: Exposure Assessment Workshop Participants and Presentations	317-320	(skim)
Appendix C: Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathmatics, and Resources	321-321	(skim)

Description

Most people in the United States spend far more time indoors than outdoors. Yet, many air pollution regulations and risk assessments focus on outdoor air. These often overlook contact with harmful contaminants that may be at their most dangerous concentrations indoors.
A new book from the National Research Council explores the need for strategies to address indoor and outdoor exposures and examines the methods and tools available for finding out where and when significant exposures occur.
The volume includes:

• A conceptual framework and common terminology that investigators from different disciplines can use to make more accurate assessments of human exposure to airborne contaminants.
  
• An update of important developments in assessing exposure to airborne contaminants: ambient air sampling and physical chemical measurements, biological markers, questionnaires, time-activity diaries, and modeling.
  
• A series of examples of how exposure assessments have been applied--properly and improperly--to public health issues and how the committee's suggested framework can be brought into practice.
  

This volume will provide important insights to improve risk assessment, risk management, pollution control, and regulatory programs.

Authoring Organizations

• Commission on Life Sciences (CLS)
• Earth and Life Studies (DELS)
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