Exposure assessment of consumer products: human body weights and total body surface areas to use, and sources of data for specific products
Hakkinen, P.J.; Kelling, C.K.; Callender, J.C.
Veterinary and Human Toxicology 33(1): 61-65
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0145-6296 PMID: 2017868 Document Number: 369613
A thorough understanding of the routes and magnitudes of chemical exposures that consumers experience during the use of a household product is needed as part of a well-founded risk assessment for that product and its components. This review describes some sources of generic consumer data (eg, relevant body weight or total body surface area for a given human age), and exposure-related data (eg, task frequency and duration) for specific product types needed for exposure assessments. The review also contains a discussion of the importance of statistical characterization of the consumer data (eg, does its range follow a normal, log-normal, or other type of distribution?). The importance of examining these data for correlative interactions is emphasized.