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Once a’ social’ or environmental chemical has been determined to present a potential health hazard, then the main concern shifts to the likelihood for, and degree of, human exposure. The exposure assessment phase of the human health risk assessment is used to estimate the rates at which chemicals are absorbed by potential receptors. Since most potential receptors tend to be exposed to chemicals from a variety of sources and/or in different environmental media, an evaluation of the relative contributions of each medium and/or source to total chemical intake becomes a critical part of most exposure analyses.
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Asante-Duah, K. (2002). Exposure Assessment: Analysis of Human Intake of Chemicals. In: Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals. Environmental Pollution, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0481-7_6
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