Ranking Risks of Chemical Substances in Japan
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چکیده
The general framework developed for assessing chemical risks was applied to twelve chemical substances, namely, radon, formaldehyde, dioxins, cadmium, toluene, chlorpyirofs, arsenic, benzene, mercury, xylene, DDT, and chlordane. In the framework, loss of life expectancy (LLE) was adopted as a measure of risks and individual variabilities in exposure, metabolism, and sensitivity were taken into account. The risk levels of the chemical substances were estimated to range from LLE of 0.01 to 10 days.
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