Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL)--historical review.
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The first part of the review describes events and newly acquired knowledge that anticipated the making of the HEAL project and its preparatory phase. The pilot study relied on the belief that the total exposure assessment should take into account different pollutants and their relative contribution in the human intake from different environmental media such as air, drinking water, food chain, and soil. The pilot study included exposure assessment to lead and cadmium, nitrogen dioxide, hexachlorobenzene, and DDT-complex. Concurrently, another study on indoor air quality in Kenya and Gambia took place. In its second phase, the project evaluated the actual trends and outlined potential future directions. It was decided that the project should focus on the promotion of exposure studies, particularly in developing countries, and that it should establish a closer relation with health risk assessment and environmental epidemiology. The last part of the review describes the participation of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in Zagreb, Croatia in the project and in related research activities performed after the pilot phase.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju
دوره 49 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998