Using exposure bands for rapid decision making in the RISK21 tiered exposure assessment

A tiered approach for assessing children's exposure.

Recently, intense attention has been given to children's health issues, particularly in the use of consumer products. Because of this attention, researchers have been planning and initiating studies specifically aimed at developing both toxicology data and exposure data directed to improve our understanding of industrial and consumer product chemical impacts on children's health. To ensure that...

Exposure to Mild Hypoxia and Implications for Decision Making

Eight healthy male subjects were required to make speeded responses to the Manikin task and to complete a flight simulation instrument landing task during prolonged exposure to a partially oxygen-deficient environment (mild hypoxic hypoxia). The subjects were exposed, in a hypobaric chamber, to experimental conditions at altitudes of Sea Level, 6,000ft, 8,000ft, 10,000ft, and 14,000 ft. All sub...

Indoor exposure assessment of radon in the elementary schools, Palestine

Background: Many public health agencies rank residential radon exposure as the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. It has been shown that the risk coefficient for lung cancer is higher for children than that for adults. Therefore, indoor radon measurements were carried out in the elementary schools of Tulkarem province, West Bank, Palestine. Materials and Methods: Two h...

Media Exposure, Juror Decision-Making, and the Availability Heuristic

A Rapid Test for Soy Aeroallergens Exposure Assessment

BACKGROUND Determining soy aeroallergens levels is extremely important in the assessment of health risks due to these airborne substances. Currently, soy aeroallergens exposure in the environment is monitored using enzyme immunoassays (EIA) which must be evaluated in a specialized laboratory by skilled personnel. OBJECTIVE To describe the development and performance of a rapid immunochromatog...