SCOPE 46

IPCS JOINT SYMPOSIA 13

SGOMSEC 5

METHODS FOR ASSESSING EXPOSURE

OF HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN BIOTA

Edited by:

Robert G. Tardiff - Risk Focus/VERSAR, Springfield, Virginia, USA

Bernard D. Goldstein - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

Prepared by

Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC)

Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU),

and the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)

of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),

and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Copyright 1991: by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

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Title Pages

Table of Contents

Forword and Preface

Authors and Participants

PART A - JOINT REPORT

1. Introduction, General Conclusions, and Recommendations

2. Exposure Measurements

3. Modeling of Transport and Alteration of Chemicals

4. Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Chemicals

5. Analytical Methods

PART B - CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

Techniques to Estimate Potential Exposures to Chemicals in the Environment - John D. Spengler and Lance A. Wallace

Geographically Based Models for Surface and Estuarine Waters and River/Aquifer Interfaces - Jean J. Fried

Time Integrated Compartment Models - Helge Gydesen

Modeling Chemical Transport in the Unsaturated Zone of the Subsurface - Warren T. Piver

Geographically-based Atmospheric Models - D. M. Whelpdale

Some Specifications of Multimedia Exposure Monitoring Assessment - K. A. Bustueva

Comparative Analysis of Indoor and Outdoor TSP Concentrations in Bombay, Toronto, and Zagreb - M. Fugas and H. W. de Koning

Micro-environment versus Personal Monitoring: Estimation of Exposure to Carbon Monoxide - Naihua Duan, Harold Sauls, and David Holland

Sampling and Analysis of Water to Assess Exposure - A. J. Dobbs and D. T. E. Hunt

Monitoring Systems for the Assessment of Dietary Intakes of Contaminants - G. K. Gheorghiev

Methods for Assessing Exposure of Insects - Vladimir Landa, Jan Sula, Frantisek Marec, Vladimir Metha, and Tomas Soldan

Biological Markers in Environmental Epidemiology: Constraints and Opportunities - Peter H. Gann, Devra L. Davis and Frederica Perera

Biological Monitoring in the Epidemiology of Chronic Effects of Cadmium in Workers - Janusz A. Indulski and Marek Jakubowski

Measurement of Macromolecular Adducts as Indicators of Carcinogen Exposure - R. Coin Garner

Role of Cytogenetic Surveillance to Assess Exposure to Carcinogens - Harri Vainio and Marja Sorsa

Measurement of Metabolites as Indicators of Exposure to Chemicals - Stuart A. Slorach

Direct Indicators of Exposure: Monitoring Chemicals in Tissues, Body Fluids, Urine and Exhaled Air - R. L. Zielhuis

Statistical Methods to Estimate Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants - Mel Kollander

Demographic Patterns and Human Responses to Environmental Contaminants - Anatoli I. Yashin, Alan J. Bernstein and James W. Vaupel

Systemic Responses to Exposure to Chemicals and Their Responses as Indicators - C. R. Krishna Murti

Toxic Effects on Individuals, Populations and Aquatic Ecosystems and Indicators of Exposures to Chemicals - Thomas W. Duke and
Donald I. Mount

Index