 | UNCERTAINTY IN THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS: AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
Copyright © 1999 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 895:156-172 (1999)
© 1999 New York Academy of Sciences
Measures of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Validity, Precision, and Relevance
ALISTAIR WOODWARDa AND
WAEL AL-DELAIMY
Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
aAddress for correspondence: +64 4 385 5999 (voice); +64 4 3895319 (fax).
e-mail: woodward{at}wnmeds.ac.nz
It is often not clear what the best measures of exposure are for a risk assessment, or even how one should answer this question. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) provides a good example for an exploration of uncertainty. There are a variety of methods for estimating exposure and each has shortcomings. In this paper we summarize the physical characteristics of ETS and the principal methods for assessing exposure. We review the accuracy and applicability of these methods, and explore major sources of uncertainty in the assessment of ETS.
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