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Appendix D: Summary Table of Available Exposure Models
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... Appendix D Summary Table of Available Exposure Models 171 NAS-A00426-Indoor_Chemistry.indd 171 01/10/2022 7:25 AM
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... SHEDS-HT is a probabilistic model to simulate population exposures to multiple chemicals in microenvironments through multiple exposure routes. Technically, SHEDS-HT estimates variability but does not characterize uncertainty directly.
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... dose of chemicals due to consumer There is limited consideration of products' use under various conditions, chemical partition among compartments. including emissions from vapor, spray, and solid materials; direct contact to Bulk air exchange rate and mass products; and chemical migration from transfer coefficients are employed to food packaging materials.
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... indoor air, polyurethane foam, carpet, vinyl floor, and organic films on vertical, up-facing, and down-facing surfaces. Production-To-Exposure A multipathway and multiscale model User-defined emission rate; indoor No built-in chemical Estimate exposure and internal Model (PROTEX)
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... 2011. USEtox human exposure and toxicity factors for comparative assessment of toxic emissions in life cycle analysis: Sensitivity to key chemical properties.
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... NAS-A00426-Indoor_Chemistry.indd 176 01/10/2022 7:25 AM
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