The Practice of Consumer Exposure Assessment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heinemeyer, Gerhard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jantunen, Matti (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hakkinen, Pertti (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pharmaceutical technology.; Occupational medicine.; Chemistry.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.

This book closes a current gap by providing the scientific basis for consumer exposure assessment in the context of regulatory risk assessment. Risk is defined as the likelihood of an event occurring and the severity of its effects. The margin between the dose that leads to toxic effects and the act...

Table of Contents:

• 1. General Introduction
• 2. Major Principles and Concepts of Risk Assessment
• 3. General Aspects of Exposure Evaluation
• 4. Exposure to Substances via Food Consumption
• 5. Exposure to Substances by use of Consumer Products
• 6. Data Availability and Data Generation Concepts
• 7. Activities Encountered by European and Other International Authorities.