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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The research plan questions for the air-toxics subobjective are as follows (EPA 2002):

What are the sources of air toxics, and what are their characteristics?
What is the role of atmospheric transport, transformation, fate, and chemistry in air toxics concentrations (including indoor, micro-scale, urban, terrestrial, and regional concentrations)?
What is the relationship of concentrations of air toxics (from outdoor and indoor sources) to personal exposure?
What are the health hazards and dose-response relationships associated with exposure to air toxics?
What improvements can be made to dose-response assessments?
What health risks can be characterized quantitatively for people exposed to air toxics?
What risks from air toxics can be prevented and managed cost effectively?

A general subset of research activities arising from those questions consists of developing measurements, databases, methods, and biomarkers; validating models; identifying chemical mechanisms; and evaluating exposure concentrations.

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EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2002. Air Toxics Research Strategy. EPA-600-R-00-056. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC [online]. Available: http://www.epa.gov/ord/htm/documents/Air_Toxics.pdf [accessed Nov. 14, 2007].

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2003a. 2003-2008 Strategic Plan: Direction for the Future. EPA-190-R-03-003. Office of Chief Planning Officer, Office of Planning Analysis and Accountability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC [online]. Available: http://www.epa.gov/epainnov/pdf/innovplan.pdf [accessed Nov 14, 2007].

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2003b. Air Toxics Multi-Year Plan. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC [online]. Available: http://www.epa.gov/osp/myp/airtox.pdf [accessed Nov. 14, 2007].

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2006. 2006-2011 Strategic Plan: Charting Our Course. EPA-190-R-06-001. Office of Chief Planning Officer, Office of Planning Analysis and Accountability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC [online]. Available: http://www.epa.gov/cfo/plan/2006/entire_report.pdf [accessed Nov. 14, 2007].